A major advocate for the highly unpopular congestion pricing below 60th St. in Manhattan was attacked in the subway on January 4th.
Layla Law-Gisiko is the president of the City Club of New York, one of two organizations which sued Gov. Kathy Hochul in the furtherance of implementing tolls on vehicular traffic into the city below Central Park. Her account of the attack appears below in a series of tweets on X.
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Law-Gisiko, a Parisian native, reported on the attack and her injuries in a seemingly oblivious manner, failing to connect her advocacy to the violent encounter.
Since the implementation of the new toll, traffic has been worse around Midtown, and the subways are packed despite the end of the holiday tourism rush. This combination is especially fraught given the freezing temperatures this week, which tends to force the homeless into stations to seek warmth.
As reported by the New York Post, the attack happened just hours before the toll went into effect. A suspect was caught and released on a bench warrant.
"Police said Timothy Elliot, 45, was nabbbed at the station and charged with assault and harassment. He was released on a desk appearance ticket, cops said. Hours after the attack, the $9 congestion toll went into effect and the City Club put out a statement co-signed by Law-Gisiko praising its launch."
