Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked on a Manhattan sidewalk Friday evening by a group of teenagers, according to police officials. Paterson was with his 20-year-old stepson Anthony Chester Sliwa,

Paterson, 70, was beaten up Friday evening on the Upper East Side by a group of five youths with whom he'd had a verbal argument, according to the NYPD.

David Paterson and his stepson were attacked Friday night on Manhattan’s Upper East Side near the former New York governor’s home.