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Jersey City Councilman Arrested for Urinating on Dark Star Orchestra Crowd



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Jersey City Councilman Steven Lipski is No. 1 threat at Washington club



BY RICH SCHAPIRO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER



Steven Lipski


A drunken Jersey City councilman was arrested for urinating on a crowd of concertgoers from the balcony of a Washington nightclub, police and club sources said Saturday.



Councilman Steven Lipski was caught relieving himself onto several revelers at the 9:30 Club during a concert by a Grateful Dead [Dark Star Orchestra] tribute band Friday night, club sources said.

“He was very drunk," the source said, noting that it wasn't the first time Lipski had caused a ruckus at the popular concert venue.



“We've dealt with this man before," the source added. “He's never peed on anybody, but he gets really belligerent and drunk."



Lipski, 44, was hauled out of the club about 9:50 p.m. after staffers spotted him in the act on the concert hall's second-floor balcony and called the cops.



The crass councilman, who is serving his second term in office since getting elected in 2001, was charged with simple assault, police said.

Attempts to reach Lipski were unsuccessful Saturday night. His aide, Irina Zaki, said the councilman was in Washington Friday night, but she had no knowledge of his arrest.

The lurid incident marks the second time in recent years that a Jersey City pol was caught with his pants down.



Photos showing Jerramiah Healy, still a councilman at the time, naked and passed out on his front stoop were widely circulated in 2004 days before he was elected mayor.



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