Almost a year after associate professor Lionel McIntyre allegedly punched a University employee at a local bar, a judge has ordered a sentence—three days of community service.
McIntyre pled guilty to harassment on Tuesday in New York Criminal Court. A judge sentenced him to a conditional discharge, a spokesperson from the Manhattan district attorney’s office said.
McIntyre had allegedly punched School of the Arts production manager Camille Davis last November at the bar Toast on 125th Street and Broadway. Police and DA reports at the time said that the victim was punched with the defendant’s closed hand, causing bruising, redness, and swelling in the eye.
He has appeared in court several times since last fall. In January, McIntyre missed one of his court dates and was issued a bench warrant.
In addition to three days of community service in Tuesday’s sentence, McIntyre will also have to pay $50 in medical restitution, and a full order of protection was granted.
McIntyre—a professor in the urban planning program at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation—has served as the director of GSAPP's Urban Technical Assistance Program, which supports urban improvement projects in the city. In March, a UTAP project coordinator said that McIntyre now works from both New York and New Orleans.
McIntyre could not immediately be reached for comment.
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