Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress following a tax fraud conviction, is paralyzed from the chest down.

Former New York Rep. Michael Grimm was left paralyzed from the chest down following a "devastating" horseback riding accident in September, according to a new fundraiser organized by the politician's trust.

The 54-year-old Marine veteran is being treated at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in New Jersey — where late “Superman’’ movie star Christopher Reeve also recovered after being paralyzed from the neck down from a fall from a horse.