Speaker ‘Will Take Approproate Action’ Against Arrested Staffer
JILL COLVIN
A spokesman for City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said the speaker will take unspecified “appropriate action” against the council’s longtime finance director, who was reportedly charged yesterday with felony assault.
Preston Niblack was set to be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court last night on charges of alleged second-degree felony assault “after cops found his partner bludgeoned by a statue and picture frame in his Upper West Side apartment” Tuesday morning, according to the Daily News.
The couple had reportedly gotten into a heated fight about their living arrangements, which Mr. Niblack’s partner, Helvio de Faria, blamed on Mr. Niblack’s relationship with another man. According to the New York Post, Mr. Niblack’s partner suffered minor injuries to his head and face
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