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David Paterson: “People have been able to gain access to the building and to…”

Featuring: David Paterson, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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Former Gov. David Paterson speaks out after being attacked on UES with son

Published | Video Starts at 00:15

My stepson, Anthony Sliwa, was walking his dog on the other side of this building when he saw three rather younger people climbing up the side of the building, which has been a way that People have been able to gain access to the building and to either vandalize or rob the building in the past. He admonished them that he was going to call the police. They came down, they had a kind of a brief argument, and that was the end of that. (00:15–00:37)

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Asserts that there have been past incidents of vandalism or robbery at the building.

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