NEW YORK _ Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) suffered a medical episode in Manhattan on Monday morning.
Maloney, 73, appeared to be on the verge of fainting after delivering remarks at a press conference in Chinatown. She told a staffer that she felt pain and couldn't see.
Her staff escorted her to a bench where she sat, slumped over, for about 15 minutes as a staffer for Comptroller Scott Stringer called 911.
"She was ill. She got up and I guess she felt faint," witness Nikita Price, 62, said. "Somebody put cold soda on the back of her neck."
Maloney, who's serving her 14th term in Congress, was escorted out of view of the press and taken to Lower Manhattan Hospital.
"The Congresswoman is feeling better and is in good spirits," Maloney rep Elise Anderson told The News. "She is waiting to hear from her doctor to see when she is able to return home and continue to rest."
Maloney and other politicians were attending a community vigil and press conference in Kimlau Square after four homeless men were brutally murdered in Chinatown over the weekend.
The congresswoman was expected to attend another event at City Hall later on Monday afternoon to unveil federal legislation that would prohibit non-essential helicopters from flying within New York City airspace.
"Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be cancelling today's press conference," her rep Anderson emailed.
