Straphanger whose attacker walked free warns of Mamdani mayoralty

An Higher East Facet man attacked in a vicious subway beatdown — who watched the perpetrator stroll away with barely a slap on the wrist from Manhattan’s soft-on-crime district legal professional — is warning that Zohran Mamdani’s criminal-justice agenda will unleash much more chaos.

Matt Conley suffered a concussion and two damaged enamel after an enraged attacker repeatedly struck him within the face with a cellphone on the Q practice platform at East 86th Avenue after a verbal argument final Might.

The NYPD arrested Fadil Kolenovic, 46, in June and charged him with felony assault.

However DA Alvin Bragg’s workplace knocked down the cost to third-degree assault – a misdemeanor – and Kolenovic walked away with simply 10 days probation and a one 12 months conditional discharge – that means he received’t get a prison document if he meets situations, Conley, 58, informed The Submit.

“The assistant district legal professional mentioned, ‘The case has been taken care of, we settled it – that is nice,’” Conley recalled of his weird dialog with Bragg’s workplace. “Nice just isn’t a phrase I’ve been utilizing about any of this.

“They’re not advocates for the crime victims,” he continued.

“The mentality now we have proper now’s this Marxist socialist mentality that the sufferer is the unhealthy man and the perpetrator is the sufferer as a result of with a purpose to get to that time the place [the attacker] would harm anyone, issues should have been unhealthy for him. That is not regular.”

“We take all assaults, whether or not on the road or within the transit system, extraordinarily severely,” a spokesperson for Bragg informed The Submit. 

“Our full and thorough investigation into this matter, which included reviewing all obtainable proof, decided that assault within the third diploma was the strongest doable consequence beneath the legislation.”

Mamdani this week tried to distance himself from the unconventional nationwide Democratic Socialists of America platform, after drawing outrage final weekend when it emerged that his get together’s nationwide umbrella had adopted a platform to wipe out prison repercussions for all misdemeanor crimes.

Mamdani’s marketing campaign didn’t reply to The Submit’s request for remark.