State senate committee to recommend booting disgraced Sen. Hiram Monserrate over assault conviction

ALBANY - A special Senate committee is likely to recommend lawmakers consider ousting state Sen. Hiram Monserrate for beating up his girlfriend, the Daily News has learned.

The committee, which has been reviewing the Senate's options regarding Monserrate since his conviction on assault charges, has reached a consensus that he must be punished.

It expects to offer the Senate at least two options, one of which will be expulsion, a source with knowledge of the committee's deliberations said.
Another recommendation will some sort of censure, he added.

"It's very likely there will be a recommendation that some sanction be imposed and among the options presented will be expulsion," the source said.

The committee will ask that the Senate consider "each option, not that they pick and choose," said the source. The panel is not expected to make a final determination until next week.

Monserrate, a Queens Democrat, was convicted in October of misdemeanor assault for slashing girlfriend Karla Giraldo in the face with a broken glass last December. He was acquitted of more serious felony charges.

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You have no business being a lawmaker when you violate the law in such a heinous manner.