Hiram Monserrate

Deep Twitter Thoughts on NY Gay Marriage Vote

Katie Halper | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York


Katie Halper

"I'm not married but I feel like I just survived an attempted attack on my heterosexuality."

Monserrate Might Get Dropped By Queens Democratic Party

nytimes.com | Nicholas Confessore | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York


With statewide elections a year away, the Queens Democratic Party will take the unusual step on Thursday of announcing its support for a primary chall...

Karla Giraldo, Monserrate Girlfriend, Asks Judge To Lift Restraining Order

nypost.com | Murray Weiss and William J. Gorta | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York


One trial down, one restraining order to go. Less than two weeks after state Sen. Hiram Monserrate was convicted of assaulting Karla Giraldo, she's a...

Eric Shneiderman, State Senator In Charge Of Monserrate Panel

The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


This week, Schneiderman was announced as leader of a panel charged deciding the fate of Senator Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who had just been ...

Monserrate Called "Disgraceful, Despicable" By Bloomberg

nydailynews.com | By Kenneth Lovett and Erin Einhorn | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Mayor Bloomberg lit into convicted Sen. Hiram Monserrate on Sunday - at the same time as the state Senate moved to set up a panel to decide his fate....

Would You Buy a Used Car From This Man?

Dan Collins | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

There is only one possible upside to the pathetic, miserable, appalling story of New York state Senator Hiram Monserrate: Teenagers are not generally known to take state legislators as role models.

Hiram Monserrate Verdict: Guilty Of Lesser Charge In Girlfriend Attack, Acquitted Of Felony (VIDEO)

Posted 10.15.2009 | New York


New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate was found not guilty on two counts of felony assault in his slash-and-gash case today. The Queens Democrat wa...

Hiram Monserrate Trial Paints Starkly Differing Accounts Of Karla Giraldo's Injuries

New York Times | Ralph Blumenthal | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York


State Senator Hiram Monserrate used "force, not violence" to get his injured companion, Karla Giraldo, to a hospital the night he cut her face -- acci...

Hiram Monserrate Trial: Closing Arguments Today After 10 Days Of Proceedings

newsday.com | Michael Frazier | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York


The felony assault trial of state Sen. Hiram Monserrate resumes Tuesday with closing arguments on the 10th day of the proceedings before Justice Will...

Two Charges Thrown Out In Hiram Monserrate Case

nydailynews.com | By Thomas Zambito | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


State Sen. Hiram Monserrate's girlfriend was so drunk before she was slashed across the face that the host of a 2008 Christmas party told her she'd ha...

Karla Giraldo Monserrate's Girlfriend Breaks Down While Testifying

NBC New York | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York


The girlfriend of alleged face-slasher Hiram Monserrate broke into tears while testifying this afternoon -- rushing from courtroom and throwing her bo...

Karla Giraldo Subpoenaed In Hiram Monserrate's Trial

nytimes.com | RALPH BLUMENTHAL | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York


The woman at the center of State Senator Hiram Monserrate's assault trial -- his companion, Karla Giraldo, whom Mr. Monserrate is accused of slashing ...

Walter Loor: Hiram Monserrate Went Into Rage After Finding Cop's PBA Union Card In Girlfriend's Purse

nypost.com | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York


The PBA union card that sent state Sen. Hiram Monserrate into a jealous rage after he found it in his girlfriend's pocketbook belongs to a married cop...

Hiram Monserrate Attack Wasn't Lost In Translation

nypost.com | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York


The attending nurse who treated State Sen. Hiriam Monserrate's gal pal moments after she was struck in the face with a broken glass said the Queens la...

Hiram Monserrate Video: Tape Of Alleged Karla Giraldo Assault Released

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York


A newly released video in the Hiram Monserrate assault trial shows the state senator violently dragging his girlfriend through the hallway of an apart...

Hiram Monserrate Trial Begins With Surprise Testimony By Building Super

New York Daily News | Michael Daly | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York


On the first day of trial, the defense admitted state Sen. Hiram Monserrate slashed his girlfriend's face with a glass but insisted it was "a freak ac...

Monserrate Assault Trial Begins

AP | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor says a domestic abuse case against a New York state senator is about "power and control." Assistant District Attorney Sc...

Hiram Monserrate Rejects Plea Deal In Assault Case

New York Daily News | Juan Gonzalez | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


State Sen. Hiram Monserrate has refused to cop a plea to charges of slashing his girlfriend with a broken glass - and will take his chances in court M...

NY Senate Coup Turncoats Reaping The Benefits

Times Union | Irene Jay Liu | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York


ALBANY -- In the weeks since the Senate stalemate ended, the chamber's Democrats have showered rehabilitated turncoat Sens. Pedro Espada Jr. of the Br...

Monserrate To Go To Trial For Assault Charge

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 08.30.2009 | New York


(AP) -- Embattled state Sen. Hiram Monserrate could lose his seat if he's convicted of assaulting his girlfriend during an argument. A judge in Queen...

NY Senate 'Gang' Vows To Eat Bloomberg For Lunch

wcbstv.com | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York


Mayor Michael Bloomberg was on the menu Monday, as state senators promised to eat him for lunch. The two groups took their war of words over the cont...

Today In HuffPost New York

Dan Collins | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

Sen. Hiram Monserrate - whose girlfriend was treated for injuries around her left eye that required 20-40 stitches - has been put back in charge of the Consumer Protection Committee, a job that carries a $12,500 stipend.

Sen. Hiram Monserrate Has Stipend, Committee Chairmanship Reinstated By Democratic Leaders

New York Daily News | By Kenneth Lovett | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York


ALBANY - Democratic leaders quietly reinstated a $12,500 stipend for indicted Sen. Hiram Monserrate - one of two lawmakers who briefly joined Republic...

Local Politics: The Rich Get Richer

Warren Goldstein | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York


Warren Goldstein

"All politics is local," the late Speaker of the House Tip O'Neil opined famously. And New Yorkers have been getting a large dose of the maxim in rec...

New York Senate Debacle: The Powerbrokers of 1965 and Pissants of 2009

John R. Bohrer | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York


John R. Bohrer

The leadership stalemate of 1965 occurred at the start of the session, when bill expiration deadlines weren't looming. Pedro Espada's defection (facilitated by Hiram Monserrate) flushed months of hard-fought negotiations and legislative footwork down the toilet.