New York Daily News

Pol’s son in road rage tiff

- BY ROCCO PARASCANDO­LA, JENNIFER FERMINO and JOSEPH STEPANSKY With Andy Mai

THE SON of a Queens city councilman found himself on the wrong side of the law when he pummeled and threatened to stab a man during a road rage attack, authoritie­s said Monday.

“I will stab you,” Coron Miller, 31, son of Councilman Daneek Miller (DQueens), said during the Friday night fight on a Jamaica street, according to the criminal complaint.

Miller was charged with assault, criminal mischief, resisting arrest, menacing and harassment following the attack, according to the Queens district attorney’s office.

He was released on his own recognizan­ce after the court issued an order of protection for his alleged victim, Jose Nieves, according to the Queens district attorney.

During the 7 p.m. argument over asphalt etiquette, Miller got out of his car and punched Nieves twice as both men were stopped at a red light at 150th Ave. and 148th St. in Jamaica, according to the criminal complaint.

The political scion then grabbed the man’s shirt and ripped it, police said.

He was arrested at the scene, but not before jerking his arms away when cops tried to handcuff him, police said.

Daneek Miller represents an eastern Queens district that covers large swaths of St. Albans, Hollis and Cambria Heights. He was elected in 2013 with nearly 97% of the vote and is chairman of the Civil Service & Labor Committee.

The younger Miller has apparently taken a different approach to the law, with 13 prior arrests, including previous charges of resisting arrest, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and marijuana possession.

A spokesman for the councilman said his son acknowledg­es a dispute took place, but denies it ever became physical.

“Our understand­ing is he disputes those accounts, and he says it was just an argument,” spokesman Ali Rasoulinej­ad said. “It’s an ongoing legal matter.”

Miller, who lives in Cambria Heights, does not reside with his father, sources said.

“He can’t stay out of trouble, can he?” a neighbor said.

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