Stephen Goldsmith (L) with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Photo by nycmayorsoffice.

Our sister site Gothamist brings us the news that even New York City’s politicians are having trouble behaving themselves in the District. Former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith — originally believed to have resigned his position after a poor performance handling the response to a massive snowstorm — actually stepped down because of a dispute where his wife threatened to “put a bullet through” him and he shoved her inside the couple’s Georgetown townhouse.

When the District’s cops showed up on the evening of July 30, Goldsmith was arrested for simple assault and domestic violence and spent two nights in the D.C. Jail until his wife, Margaret, decided to not press charges — she’s told the New York Post that the arrest was a “big mistake” and “an enormous misunderstanding.”

In the District of Columbia, police are required to make an arrest on the scene if there is “probable cause to believe that an intrafamily offense was committed that resulted in physical injury including pain or illness or caused or was intended to cause reasonable fear of imminent serious physical injury or death,” regardless of the wishes of the victim.