Politics & Government
NYPD Arrests NY Assemblymember For Disorderly Conduct: Report
The NYPD had stopped a vehicle driven by Gibb's brother near East 115th Street in East Harlem.
NEW YORK CITY — A New York assembly member was arrested and taken into custody on Wednesday after he alleged interfered with a traffic stop.
Eddie Gibbs had been issued a disorderly conduct summons around 1:30 p.m Wednesday, police confirmed to City & State.
The NYPD had stopped a vehicle driven by Gibb's brother near East 115th Street in East Harlem.
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Gibbs tried to approach the car, prompting police to tell him to step back multiple times, according to a New York Daily News report.
The assembly member apologized, saying, "the officers did nothing wrong. It was all on my part."
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"I interfered with an NYPD stop,” he told the New York Daily News.
Gibbs represents Assembly District 68, which covers parts of Harlem and the Upper East Side.
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