New York City councilman Jumaane Williams has been sentenced to time served after he was convicted of blocking an ambulance during a protest over the detention of a prominent immigration rights activist in January.
A jury on Monday found Williams guilty of obstructing emergency services. He was acquitted of disorderly conduct and the more serious charge of obstruction of government services.
The 41-year-old Democrat from Brooklyn was arrested outside a federal building over the detention of Ravi Ragbir (RAH’-vee RAHG’-beer), a citizen of Trinidad who has been fighting deportation after a fraud conviction.
Williams launched his campaign to unseat incumbent Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul a few days after his arrest.
They face off in the Democratic primary on Sept. 13.
