Disgraced former Queens lawmaker Hiram Monserrate — and the former gal pal he once slashed — bizarrely surfaced in separate public events Tuesday.
Monserrate was leading the charge against City Hall’s plan to sell 23 acres near Citi Field to developers for $1, saying it doesn’t provide enough affordable housing. He sidestepped questions about his 2009 misdemeanor-assault conviction involving former girlfriend Karla Giraldo Barba and a 2010 political-corruption rap that landed him in prison.
“We should all atone for our sins,” he merely said.
About an hour before Monserrate’s City Hall press conference, Barba appeared in Queens court on charges that she attacked her current fiancé with a samurai sword in June. After the brief pre-trial hearing, the case was continued until May 16.
Barba’s lawyer, Murray Richman, insisted his client will be vindicated.
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