The president of a group known for its outspoken support for the implementation of New York’s congestion pricing was allegedly attacked at a subway station Saturday.
Layla Law-Gisiko, the president of the City Club of New York, said on X she was attacked at a Manhattan subway station around 3:30 p.m. Law-Gisiko said a person with a shopping cart screamed at her and spit in her hair.
“The individual followed me into the mezzanine corridor, struck me with the cart, and caused me to hit the wall. He threatened to push me down the next flight of stairs,” she wrote.
Law-Gisiko said she called 9-1-1 to report the attack. Roughly 25 minutes later, police officers took her statement and later found the individual, she said. She identified the person and police arrested him.
“I am shaken, with a bruised ankle and a sore shoulder from being pushed into the wall,” she said on X….
