Politics

NYS Senate Votes To Immediately Expel Monserrate

Source: CBS

The New York Senate has voted to immediately expel a senator convicted of misdemeanor assault. The Senate voted 53-8 on Tuesday night to oust Sen. Hiram Monserrate. The Queens Democrat was convicted of dragging his girlfriend through his apartment lobby but acquitted of a felony. A felony conviction would have automatically cost him his job.

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