Former White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley was sentenced yesterday to three years’ probation on domestic-violence charges and was told to stay away permanently from his wife.
Acting state Supreme Court Justice Susan Capeci criticized Bradley for continuing to claim — as he had at trial — that he was the real victim in the case.
“You attempted to assault your wife, and then you intimidated her,” the judge said.
Prosecutors called for jail time, but the judge said she was taking into account Bradley’s previously clean record.
Bradley, who says he will appeal, declined the judge’s invitation to speak before sentencing, and ignored reporters outside the White Plains courthouse afterward.
But his wife, Fumiko Bradley, issued a statement read by prosecutors.
“Many women suffer silently,” she wrote. “I was married to a powerful politician and was afraid what would happen to my children and me if I broke the silence. I want this case to show that there is justice and hope for anybody to be free from violence.”
Bradley, 49, was convicted in December and resigned last month after barely a year in office. When he was elected in 2009, the Democratic former state assemblyman was considered a politician on the rise.
His wife alleged that he slammed a door on her fingers and threw hot tea at her. He was convicted of attempted assault, harassment and contempt.
The contempt conviction, for ignoring an order of protection, brought the sentence of three years’ probation.
He was also sentenced to a concurrent year of probation for attempted assault. His harassment convictions will be discharged if he stays out of trouble for a year.
The judge also imposed a permanent order of protection for Fumiko Bradley, 38.
Custody of the Bradleys’ two young daughters is likely to be settled as part of the couple’s pending divorce.
Fumiko Bradley’s lawyer, Neal Comer, said the order was “something every victim in a domestic-violence case wants and should have.”
Bradley took office in January 2010 as mayor of White Plains, a major office and retail center with about 60,000 residents.
Comer was asked how Fumiko Bradley felt about the mayor’s resignation.
“I don’t think she brought the mayor down.” he said. “The mayor brought himself down.”