According to police, former New York Governor David Paterson was attacked on the Upper East Side

According to the NYPD, former Gov. David A. Paterson was beaten Friday night on Manhattan’s Upper East Side by a group of five teenagers with whom he had been in a verbal argument.

Paterson, 70, was struck in the face and body, as was a 20-year-old man he was with who was identified in published reports as his stepson, the NYPD wrote in a news release.

The release included surveillance photos of the suspects, who are still at large.

The altercation occurred near East 96th Street on Second Avenue.

Paterson, who is legally blind, served as governor of New York from 2008 to 2010. Today he is a talk radio host.