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Monserrate To Appear In Court For Sentencing

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:46:46 GMT

State Senator Hiram Monserrate is scheduled to be sentenced later this morning. To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page.
Source: NY1

Queens DA Wants Counseling for Monserrate

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:02:45 GMT

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown has decided to ask for a maximum sentence of 60 days in jail for convicted State Senator Hiram Monserrate, says a source with knowledge of the DA's Decision.
Source: NBC New York

Monserrate sentencing could bring jail time

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:25:07 GMT

Friday is a day of reckoning for state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst), who faces up to a year in jail when he is sentenced for misdemeanor assault.
Source: New York Post

New York protests rejection of marriage equality bill

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:05:29 GMT

The anger over Wednesday's vote in the NY State Senate rejecting marriage equality (38-24) spilled into the streets of Times Square last night and some of our Empire State blogger buddies were there to cover the impromptu demonstration (about 200-300...
Source: Pam's House Blend

Quoted in 'New York protests rejection of marriage equality bill'

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:05:29 GMT

said in Pam's House Blend:

One defection was Queens freshman Democrat Hiram Monserrate, who is facing sentencing December 4 on a domestic violence conviction and also a primary challenge from the Queens Democratic organization. Monserrate, in his years on the City Council since 2001, was a vocal supporter of the LGBT community, and prior to his election to the Senate was on the record supporting equal marriage rights.

Same-sex Marriage Bill Fails

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:15:35 GMT

Advocates of legalizing gay marriage in New York State suffered a resounding defeat on Wednesday afternoon. The New York State Senate rejected a marriage equality bill by a vote of 38 to 24. All 30 Republicans voted against the legislation.
Source: Fox 23 New York

Fund For Survivors Of Slain Family Set Up

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:31:27 GMT

State Senator Hiram Monserrate and City Councilmember Julissa Ferreras announced that they had established a fund to help surviving members of the Herrarte family of Corona who were involved in a murder tragedy on November 21.
Source: The Queens Gazette

Outline for legal appeal

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:29:41 GMT

Sen. Hiram Monserrate's blueprint for setting up a legal defense fund came indirectly from former Sen. Efrain Gonzalez Jr. Monserrate obtained one of the many copies of a document prepared by a Senate lawyer for Gonzalez that have been...
Source: Albany Times-Union

Domestic abuse cases proceed _ even without victim

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:56:26 GMT

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Source: Dayton Daily News

Quoted in 'NY pol partly acquitted in attack on girlfriend'

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:27:19 GMT

Hiram Monserrate said in Greenville Daily Reflector:

A terrible accident occurred to my girlfriend, Karla Giraldo, a person that I love, and I have to live with that forever. There were no winners here

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:19:58 GMT

State Sen. Hiram Monserrate, left, looks on as his attorney Joe Tacopina speaks to the media after a hearing at Queens Criminal Court Thursday, July 30, 2009 in New York.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:45 GMT

State Sen. Hiram Monserrate, left, is accompanied by his attorney Joe Tacopina, at a hearing in Queens Criminal Court Thursday, July 30, 2009, in New York.

Hiram Monserrate on Willets Point

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:00:17 GMT