Congestion pricing advocate attacked at NYC subway station

[@kidakvls2305]

So she was born in Paris, moved here at age of 25, then advocate to tax those who were struggling lifelong in NYC. Shameless…

[@mikeykimm6719]

Send her Back to Paris then.

[@Acanofalconpunch]

Paris has fallen by the same type of people too. Leftists are like viruses

[@logan5326]

Frenchie should go back to her original city! Karma is what she got!

[@Codexghost94]

Send her back

[@maclura]

she needs to go back home

[@oOxMichellexOo]

If we're supposed to feel bad for her, as a lifelong New Yorker, I can comfortably say I don't. Money from tolls, tunnels, metrocards, taxes and who knows what else was supposed to have been used a million times over to fix the MTA and nothing was done. Now you're enforcing more payment for something we all know you're not actually going to fix. Let's be real.

[@jag1870]

Couldn't agree with you more.

[@Bart-dg6qv]

Oh we feel for her. But probably in the wrong way...

[@Andersj13]

Maybe stop voting for people like this then? Just saying.

[@semperfi6801]

Maybe she should take more trips! Hint Hint!

[@oOxMichellexOo]

@@Andersj13 Where did I mention who I voted for? And regardless of who it was, or whether they won or didn't, who is to say this wouldn't have been the case either way?

[@ProcSteady]

Forcing people to pay so that they ride the unsafe public transport should be a crime.

[@BudinVegas]

That's the government way, intimidation. The lawyers need challenged by other lawyers. Honest lawyers if that's possible. 99% are insects.

[@Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3]

Its crazy how much abuse people will passively accept and try to compartmentalize in their minds as "just the way it is"

[@BetterAmerican-Fkyourfeelings]

The crime is making us pay for stuff we payed for in taxes!

[@mwoz14222]

im sorry. with the amount of citizens and the amount of trains, trips etc. its hardly unsafe as the way riding in a car and being attacked by someone with road rage, or getting into a serious accident. you all make it seem like 50% of passengers are being assaulted on the subway. 579 assaults reported in 2024, relative to the MILLIONS and MILLIONS of passengers riding. Stop inflating this to fit your story of fear.

[@pablovonduckbill7802]

@@mwoz14222 the bigger story is the comment your post has nothing to do with, raising prices to force citizens to take part in a government program is facism/communism.

[@neckarsulme]

she should be celebrating all the diversity and equity in the subway...Yay!

[@petercristo992]

Lol. 😅

[@MichaelOConnor-u2u]

They were just assaulting people because they want bread. - AOC

[@BlimpCityFeeder]

Absolutely right; as there were no shortage of folks with briefcases nonchalantly using the emergency exit at 2nd Ave-96th St, during 'Inside Edition'.

[@Brucev7]

& Reimagining

[@groomerkiller3947]

Mostly peaceful assault

[@LumiOlpero]

She made it out alive unlike some other passengers. She should be grateful.

[@lindanorris2455]

RIGHT ON! I CANNOT GET OVEER DEBRIN DEKWAM AND NEITHER SHOULD ANY OTHER USA CITIZEN!

[@wynterb9609]

Exactly. Some people are so ungrateful.

[@SpultterFly]

And she wonders why no one wants to take the subway

[@logan5326]

The idiocy of Frenchie is strong!

[@TheAmericanCatholic]

Drive by shootings and car accidents happen. It’s like like you’re much safer in your car when it comes to your life.

[@JM-qn3tf]

@@TheAmericanCatholicfound the goofy

[@lordraven2264]

Intention never meets outcome. What they've done is cleared the streets to make it easier for the rich to drive within the city. This isn't a pollution tax, it's a luxury tax.

[@heatherchandler1184]

Rich people take the subway, what do you mean? It’s an absolute thing with them, they can be massive penny pinchers, the old or smart money anyway.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@heatherchandler1184 Rich people don't take the subway. They hire private drivers.

[@nigeltheoutlaw]

​@@heatherchandler1184No rich people ride the criminal tubes.

[@pwgearedturbofan2348]

_"What they've done is cleared the streets to make it easier for the rich to drive within the city."_ That's how pricing works with supply and demand. Not everyone can use a limited resource. Cities need more public transportation for the public, because that's better at moving large numbers of people with less space.

[@lordraven2264]

@@pwgearedturbofan2348 I agree, but don't try to BS me with some self righteous claim of a pollution tax. They are attempting to boost revenue to secure a loan.

[@chomama1628]

Why would she be exempt from the violence on public transportation that she wants to force others onto?

[@dan7764]

Take Hochul with you next time

[@BudinVegas]

Please, take her with you. She needs a wake up.

[@Htl3648]

Lily munster

[@Sean-l5l]

Absolutely. 😆

[@Blair-e7h]

the worst governor in US history.

[@Bart-dg6qv]

And the fit one fat as well...

[@LilannB]

The congestion pricing is about coercing people into using public transportation while the rich and powerful ride in private cars and fly in private planes. Easier for them to travel about with fewer people on the road.

[@diztrustful]

🤔

[@prst99]

Yes. Is that wrong? Public transport is for the poor.

[@fritztopher]

@@LilannB and the lay the only people it does not impede they got the money

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

When you realize that you are the carbon they are trying to reduce, everything makes sense.

[@JavierSoto-t6z]

@@prst99but taking driving away from the middle class and forcing them on public transport will only overload those services meaning poor and middle class suffer while the rich live it up

[@jbalou4722]

Epitome of "social justice" 😬

[@fgang781]

First Luigi! Now this lol this is becoming Gotham City! The citizens are doing more for the ppl than politicians

[@xChimkin]

left wing socialism means.. draining people of everything they have? odd culture

[@BabyDucks-pv7tr]

@@fgang781 luigi is still a terrorist stop making him a folk hero he is not hes no different fromt he rest of them.

[@secondchance6603]

I'm not saying he should have gone through with his threat youtube, I'm not saying that at all. So no need to remove my comment again.

[@lisagoldberg5178]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DaFunnyPages57]

She got her karma. Now she can no longer say that NYC subways are safer.

[@semperfi6801]

She didn't get the full Karma but no doubt it'll be around a corner waiting.

[@hiro3759]

She will say the subways have been more safer then it’s ever been

[@Whomstasked972]

​@@semperfi6801 So true. Too bad Sebastian Zapeta wasn't there to meet her

[@RantRantJoe]

I didn't see anything. Did you see anything?

[@BayouDiddy]

👨‍🦯

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

See what?

[@derrickwashington1713]

Nope. Crime is Down, Homie..

[@MegaEddie123455]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MegaEddie123455]

Hear no evil .....See no evil.....Speak no evil......😂😂😂😂😢

[@MrSteak]

1.) It is not a toll; it's a tax, and more like THEFT through coercion. 2.) She advocated for more people to be on the dangerous subways, so it looks like she got her wish.

[@michaeljeffery7466]

Karma.

[@381delirius]

it's about time we stop subsidizing cars

[@jimberry5318]

Everyone should have a car and a family home.

[@petarticinovic2710]

@@381delirius But not air travel, because you like to go on vacation.😅

[@SueDiPiet]

Ya know whats said about wishing. Be careful what u wish for 🤬

[@cannabisflame]

congestion pricing isn't gonna make the air cleaner, or reduce the amount of commuters; its just a fat money grab. no wonder why people don't wanna ride the subway.

[@jbm71]

Not true.

[@cannabisflame]

@@jbm71 prove it

[@Sam-ci8bp]

It was pushed by Uber and Lyft. Boycott them.

[@jbm71]

@@cannabisflame You made the original claim. Burden of proof is YOURS.

[@jimberry5318]

1 big celebrity makes 10000 times the pollution of a normal citizen.....if we really want change it starts with planes and jets.

[@richardschaffling9882]

You reap what you sow

[@Higgins8]

Welcome to reality, sweetheart.

[@Michael-yb7jh]

I love how everyone is advocating for the precedent of assaulting people we don't like. Hope you all know how to handle yourselves

[@patrickh9937]

@@Michael-yb7jh it's called poetic justice.

[@MouthBreather_]

@@Michael-yb7jh stop funding imperialist military w/ ur taxes if ur antiviolence

[@semperfi6801]

@@Michael-yb7jh I don't think it's for the fact they don't like her, it's more for the idiotic policies she's tried to force on others in an already expensive place to live and because of her ignorance, she has pushed some people over that very thin edge and thus has to suffer the consequences of it.

[@gabepizza]

@@semperfi6801 sort of like the Health Care CEO who's policies killed people

[@happywong1671]

Today on the news, the MTA is now talking about charg8ng the public additional taxes on top of the $9 congestion pricing. & new fare price in August 2025. Vote Kathy Hochul out of any office.

[@bendeco]

As the attacker explains it, he was going to push her down a flight of stairs and into the wall, but only pushed her into the wall, therefore saving her 50%.

[@AdiposePhin]

Lol

[@doom4067]

She didn't claim that he had idea who she is. Sounds like a normal attack on her beloved subway system.

[@Michael-yb7jh]

So it's bad then?

[@heatherchandler1184]

She looks like a basic white woman. He didn’t know who she was.

[@Sam-ci8bp]

Cosmic forces at work 😊

[@scott9561]

@@Michael-yb7jh Your points are off the mark - as noted by several commenters. That is, it seems you're missing the irony re. to whom this transpired. Whereas, yes, "it's bad then", nevertheless the circumstance would seem to depict poetic or karmic justice. Commenters with an open mind see just what has transpired with this matter - and to whom it impacted. It's a circumstance wherein an individual (who espouses a luxury tax onto the backs of those who are already overly burdened with taxes) got assaulted. Specifically, they see that ' A vocal proponent of the state’s controversial congestion pricing plan who is nudging New Yorkers into the city’s troubled transit system was attacked at a Manhattan subway station over the weekend.' ... and they're losing no sleep over it.

[@Michael-yb7jh]

@@scott9561 You're kissing the point. He said it's like every other attack on the subway, which implies it's bad. Personally, I think she should have been set ablaze like that other person. We should just make that the new trend!

[@JohnB-nq4js]

She wasn't attacked, she was held accountable.

[@MH_6160]

Well said.

[@TheRealDeadhorse]

@@MH_6160 nice

[@mattoniy2840]

So when you agree it’s held accountable when you don’t it’s attacked. Right. You must condemn this always or soon it will happen to you and things you care about

[@tommybingbong]

@@mattoniy2840 ??? shes bad what are you talking about ???

[@scott9561]

Boom.

[@njdriving]

She's not even a native NY'er but born in Paris...

[@logan5326]

Le Frenchie …le métro c'est bien mes amis!

[@Ishitonyou666]

Liberal frog 🐸

[@10PercentForTheBigGuy]

Close the borders

[@steveholzer4278]

Bumped with a wagon and crying victim while they victimize others.

[@davidbartlette3337]

Money grab.

[@Brucev7]

& Tag & Track. Toll Rds 4 Eternity

[@Invisableme39]

Ask why all are being forced to use public transportation? Ridiculous, people don’t want to use public transportation, congestion or not. This is BS. China and NKorea stuff.

[@nancyf8707]

At least China has nice, clean, high speed, efficient trains.

[@Invisableme39]

@ 😶

[@starshine3588]

She obviously has plenty of money and doesn’t care about hurting all the people who are struggling by basically stealing more of their money. Public transportation isn’t safe…why should people have to be trapped in a train car with violent or s*e*xually aggressive strangers? I really don’t feel sorry for her…she doesn’t care about us so why should we care what happens to her?

[@AnthonyK-hz6rs]

You couldn’t pay me to ride that subway not safe at all

[@Kevinschart]

You don't live here so don't worry

[@BigBoss-kq8mb]

@@Kevinschart stay there please

[@cycleguy1943]

NYC is the epicenter of society breakdown 😮

[@neckarsulme]

and democrat leadership

[@cycleguy1943]

@ Totally agree 👍

[@louis1443]

Yet the richest city in the world and the safest city in the country you guys are kids that haven’t experienced anything

[@trickydicky2908]

@louis I wish the US would pay Spain to take Puerto Rico back.

[@UnkklRico]

@@louis1443

[@Dan-S-o2q]

"Isn't ironic, don't ya think?" - Alanis Morissette

[@jessietoney8919]

New York as a whole is greedy when it comes to tolls... I'm from Kansas and we have just 3 toll booths in the entire state... the few times I've driven across New York in my life time I came across a toll booth roughly every 20 to 30 miles... there's and estimated 240 toll booths in the state... it's sad how greedy the state is.

[@dvijay461]

Government officials should be forced to take public transportation

[@adriennederrer4838]

Without armed security detail

[@john420toker]

Remember what happened when the British taxed tea

[@behindthebarwithjr157]

we will not vote our way out of this

[@logan5326]

Well…let’s get this party starting now! 🤩

[@tishie42]

Will it stop the toll? No she will simply ramp us her security, get a driver, and be safe from the peasantry and their crimes.

[@derrickwashington1713]

Exactly..because she's better than us! 😕

[@doom4067]

There's no indication that he attached her because of the toll, or that he even knew who she is.

[@N11-xr9pi1]

​ @doom4067 Or that it actually happened -- really convenient. There must be video of it somewhere otherwise I don't wanna hear it from her. If it did happen I don't feel sorry for her.

[@tishie42]

@@doom4067 I am not implying she was attacked because of the toll but maybe rethinking the safety of the place she is herding everyone to. Maybe spearhead a return sanity and keep repeat offenders, like the one that got her, incarcerated. But I doubt it.

[@staccatoglock]

Tolls are extortion

[@jbm71]

Wrong.

[@mikecziraky2037]

Her party celebrated the healthcare CEO’s death. She is the healthcare ceo she just didn’t know

[@Pr0toPoTaT0]

Lol. Alright.

[@Jacksonvillian904]

I thought both parties celebrated that, do republicans and democrats not understand about the ruling elite?

[@EricK-tb2dn]

Everyone celebrated.

[@lzup407]

I support Trump and Luigi

[@UnkklRico]

@@EricK-tb2dn no, you’re just convinced your fellow internet nerds are the overall consensus.

[@fordwk]

Where does the money go...all the money collected through fees?

[@hank0365]

The MTA CEO stated that 80% goes to salary and bonuses.

[@timwrobel5603]

I have no sympathy for her. She advocated to make everyday living more expensive for people who work and live in NYC.

[@johnaltobello5095]

Democrats will deny this story also.

[@westernpigeon]

NOPE! democrat here and i love this! go away you russian bot!

[@derrickwashington1713]

Word..

[@joeleone2228]

The only ones that deny the truth are TRUMPANZEE s*** like you

[@evorider3689]

They will say that the assault was a mostly peaceful protest!

[@derrickwashington1713]

@@evorider3689 Exactly!

[@SRRMCS]

whats in it for her. she needs to be investigated

[@logan5326]

Layla Law-Gisiko (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 75. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022. So that makes her Kathy Hochul buddy….

[@davidprice6027]

While NOT justifying nor celebrating this alleged crime, how ironic that she was attacked in the Subway system that she's forcing some at the margin folks to ride.....

[@tomhamilton9140]

Democrat run city nothing more needed to be said. 😖

[@TheRiiiight]

I’ll hold judgment until I know what she thought of the city’s attack on Daniel Penny.

[@kneau]

Gross. I hope Jordan Neely rests in peace.

[@TheRiiiight]

@ it is gross how the city’s politicians have killed Neely and thousands of other mentally ill people by abandoning them to deteriorate on the streets.

[@drinkinouttacups2665]

​@@kneau lol

[@adriennederrer4838]

​@@kneaugo away. You tool

[@mrsleep0000]

@@kneau At least he wont be victimizing people anymore.

[@RexHolbrook]

Wait a minute I thought hochul said it was safe did she lie

[@tedmoser3657]

That's called Karma, take Hochul with you next time.

[@markmilitant]

The ppl that want us to rely on subways never take the subways

[@bsilva1243]

She did

[@markmilitant]

@ and found out

[@johnangela1933]

I live in Manhattan,I walk everywhere,I don't mess with the subway unless it's very necessary

[@Greenbottleblue81]

Another assault on a NYC subway. No way!

[@Abdominal65]

Ever wonder why old city buses had all the seats facing one way? Ever wonder why they started arranging the seats in new buses, so that people were staring at each other?

[@chronicillz1879]

no... why?

[@Vladmir-f1y]

Why?

[@ediddy2497]

So u r facing one way and minding your business

[@mbergamin16]

This happens daily and how many others don't get this kind of attention 🤦‍♂️

[@valf.4589]

Forced to take the subway only to be a victim of crimes.

[@willwalker6894]

In no time that city is gonna be ran by “The Duke” and the only way out is to be guided out by Harold "Brain" Hellman with the protection of Snake Plisskin.

[@LanceABoyle]

The Duke of New York A#1!

[@semperfi6801]

100%

[@logan5326]

Word up!

[@mrsleep0000]

Just make sure to jog right, not left!

[@ninacarranza5189]

This city is expensive enough and adding more fees makes everyone want to move out

[@logan5326]

The rich are pushing certain areas for themselves. The MTA (More Trouble Ahead) and the rich in the tolls area are all in this together, they all win.

[@TheManWithTheFace]

Stealing peoples money for a scam is serious business

[@marcusaurelius5149]

Was she set on fire? No. Was she pushed on the tracks? No. Was she stabbed? No. So basically nothing happened.

[@deathmauler181]

Womp womp

[@markhunt575]

As long as the hyphen in her name is ok, that's what's really important.

[@noobsaibot5285]

chased into a nearby hotel where she screamed for help, but it was an illegal immigrant (climate refugee) hotel fully staffed by illegals. They didn't know what she was saying and directed her to the basement for her safety.

[@tootsieshmutsie6428]

@noobsaibot5285 nice job with that!

[@lh6843]

Now this is the best trolling comment of 2025 hands down😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@FrankRoque3.0]

The irony is strong in america.

[@jimgoddard5672]

By the headline, I thought she was assaulted because of the congestion tax. Apparently it was just another usual day on the New York subway system. The attack just happened to occur the day the tax started.

[@DanDBatMan]

Karma

[@petercristo992]

MTA crime is all in your head. - MTA Director (NY Post, 1/8/25)

[@wingedhussar5528]

Justice, poetic style.

[@semperfi6801]

I din't see her with no bruises, black eyes, burns, broken limbs. She'll be fine and needs to get over it. Could have been a lot worse for her.

[@logan5326]

@@semperfi6801…she definitely was exaggerating, I’m not saying it didn’t happen, because I wasn’t there; but this type of women love exaggerating everything.

[@akm960]

Charging ppl to go to work is crazy anyway

[@BajatheChickenMan]

They're trying to kick the poor out of the city. This is what you get.

[@SgtCrypto]

Is there video footage of the so called incident?

[@jonemigh-v7g]

New York City is already in miserable shape, why does she have to make it worse!

[@mrsleep0000]

It's the Democrat way...

[@Chim__Richalds]

Was that on the safe subway?

[@billnyethesciencedenier1516]

Golly. I sure do hate to hear about this.

[@1FXC]

You know the old adage of owning a boat? It's a hole in the water you throw money into. Well the MTA is worse than that.

[@alansmith4734]

"you reap what you sow*" - Galatians 6:7-9 * you eventually have to face up to the consequences of your actions

[@bpslick4565]

Everytime I hear New Yorkers cry about something, I laugh. You people bring this upon YOURSELVES.

[@igeo212]

Every time a powder puff thats not from NYC clicks on a video featuring NYC I laugh.. its time to get a new hobby goofy

[@jackgadsby1398]

@@igeo212what are you even saying?

[@Account2-g3d]

​@igeo212 Keep crying kiddo!

[@bpslick4565]

@@jackgadsby1398 New Yorkers voted for this. It's worse than Detroit.

[@bpslick4565]

@@igeo212 You need real men to feed you.

[@Sam-ci8bp]

Unfortunately for her, we have zero empathy for her.

[@ojaftertoothpaste7174]

A toll on an American street? The WV turnpike is no longer the biggest ripoff in America.

[@logan5326]

A toll for actually every borough….insane! Less insane was “Escape from NY”.

[@jbm71]

@@ojaftertoothpaste7174 The WV Turnpike never was a ripoff. It’s built through very difficult terrain. Its tolls were unchanged for decades. There are several toll roads with much higher toll per mile than the WV Turnpike.

[@bobsmith6079]

Don't call it congestion pricing, call it "Don't Get Burned Alive" pricing. People will be much happier paying not to be murdered if you remind them of New York's inability to keep them safe.

[@alperdue2704]

Did she think she would make friends with this?

[@Dan-y6l3k]

A homeless person accosted this Politico in the NYC subway? No wonder why the MTA is seeing a decrease in ridership and a massive budget deficit. 🤔

[@johnrobi0]

Ironic. She wants to tell people how to commute, but wants to be left alone. Why not just be pro choice, and let people commute how they want without penalty?

[@jayx7764]

She should get use to riding the MTA like everyone else. 😂😂😂

[@wooferblitz64]

No justice, no peace

[@barrybueler3356]

No sympathy for those that make others lives harder.

[@justing6594]

Advocate = I'm going to profit from this!

[@rjsr4916]

No way! Kathy said the subway was safe😂

[@lonnieweddington2883]

The person allegedly attacking her probably doesn't even have a car.

[@jmacks123]

Guess she was cheap and didnt want to pay the toll. Foolish on her part

[@Toby-Wan-Kenobi940]

Maybe instead of congestion pricing, to incentivise people to use public transport they should use methods by making it actually safe, for starters

[@BwahSmuglik]

Wow, talk about karma!

[@navajojohn9448]

If using mass transit instead of the car do you save much or any money? Two one way trips in the crimeway is $6. Is saving $3 worth it?

[@jrculbertson7463]

Yet the Governor of NY says it's safe to use the subway 👎😂

[@yorkiepit]

Karma.

[@jamesleahy265]

No compassion here

[@mc1993]

Where was Luigi?

[@theplumber-k5h]

Sure you don't mean Daniel Penny

[@nancyhammons3594]

How loud did she advocate for defunding the police?

[@nigelwillson6096]

Ha ha ha, who woulda thunk it. Social justice in action.

[@tomv5988]

Kind of shocked because people are very polite to each other.

[@MikeJones-wc4qj]

Never trouble in her beloved subway. She is a troublemaker.😅

[@markhunt575]

Debrina Kawam remember the name United States of Amnesia, I'm sick of still reading "Woman Set on Fire" How about Minnesota Man dies of drug overdose during arrest for comparison.

[@ppploans]

Did this really happen ? Who even knew this lady’s role before today ?

[@logan5326]

Layla Law-Gisiko (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 75. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022. She is well known to mingle with the rich jet-set of Midtown and the Hamptons.

[@scott9561]

@logan5326 And now, perhaps [to be] known as, 'layla law-cosmic justice'. Jus' sayin'.

[@NicJackson83]

Sounds written up. Most New Yorkers don't even know who she is

[@Brucev7]

Americans Are Sick of Being Gouged. End Toll Roads, except, for maybe some New Roads, Then When the Road is Paid For, Take Off the Tolls.

[@rogerkim1910]

The irony

[@b195-l5s]

Putting people's lives at risk riding public transportation