Lee Zeldin

Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican gubernatorial nominee for New York, was attacked while speaking at a campaign event Thursday in the northwestern part of the ...

Zeldin, who represents an affluent part of eastern New York, is a pro-Trump Republican who voted against certifying President Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential elections. “Relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody,” she said. Video posted on social media shows a man in a baseball cap and black shorts slowly walking toward Zeldin, who was addressing a small audience while onstage in Fairport, a village near the Canadian border.

Representative Lee Zeldin was addressing supporters in western New York when he was confronted by a man with a pointed weapon in his hand.

Mr. Zeldin faces an uphill battle as he tries to become the first Republican to win statewide in New York in two decades. Mr. Bragg dropped the charge on Tuesday, but he and his policies have been a frequent punching bag for the political right. Wearing sunglasses and an Iraq war veteran hat, the man can be heard saying “you’re done, you’re done, you’re done,” as he struggles with Mr. Zeldin. Mr. Zeldin responds by grabbing the man’s wrist and is then joined by several men in containing the attacker. “Someone tried to stab me onstage during this evening’s rally, but fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop him for a few moments until others tackled him,” he said, putting the attack in the context of his tough-on-crime campaign message. He has specifically pinned blame on rising crime on Democrats and Ms. Hochul, calling on them to reinstate most cash bail and ratchet up policing. Mr. Zeldin was not injured, a campaign representative said. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans more than two to one in New York, and Ms. Hochul enters the race with a huge financial advantage. Mr. Zeldin was not injured. He has made crime a centerpiece of his campaign for governor, using apocalyptic terms to paint a dark picture of the state of public safety and to appeal to New Yorkers’ sense of unease. “Relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody,” Ms. Hochul wrote on Twitter. The videos show Mr. Zeldin, standing on the bed of a truck, addressing supporters gathered outside a V.F.W. hall in Fairport, N.Y., when a man approaches him slowly from the right, grabs him by the arm and brandishes a weapon.

Zeldin, who represents a congressional district in Suffolk County, Long Island, is campaigning to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who took office last year ...

Zeldin, who represents a congressional district in Suffolk County, Long Island, is campaigning to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat. - Zeldin, who represents a congressional district in Suffolk County, Long Island, is campaigning to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who took office last year after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned. - A man attacked New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin at an upstate campaign event.

Zeldin, who is running for New York governor, was not injured. David Jakubonis was charged with attempted assault in the second degree, a felony.

Once he was subdued, he was making sounds. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said she was relieved that Zeldin was not hurt and the suspect was in custody. They were just weird noises,” Cialini, who said he witnessed the incident, said. The sheriff’s office statement did not say what kind of weapon it was. The man was subdued and restrained with zip ties, and police arrived, handcuffed him and took him into custody, Mike Cialini, commander of VFW Post 8495, said in an interview. Jakubonis, of Fairport, is charged with attempted assault in the second degree, a felony, and was arraigned at Perinton Town Court and released on his own recognizance, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

David G. Jakubonis, 43, was charged with attempted assault and released on his own recognizance in the attack on GOP gubernatorial hopeful Lee Zeldin.

Relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody. Hochul's campaign deferred to a statement she made on Twitter after the attack: "My team has informed me about the incident at Lee Zeldin's campaign event tonight. "Unfortunately, Congressman Zeldin is just the latest New Yorker whose life has been affected by the out of control crime and violence in New York." This is very much getting out of hand in this state," Katie Vincentz, a spokesperson for Zeldin, said in a statement. Others quickly helped free the congressman and help him back to his feet. Zeldin had been on a small stage in front of supporters railing against Hochul's COVID-19 response and vaccine mandates.

PERINTON, N.Y. (WROC) — A Fairport man has been charged with attempted assault for his involvement in an attack on Congressman Lee Zeldin during a campaign ...

US Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for New York governor, is "safe" following an attack at a campaign event Thursday evening in the state, ...

Zeldin was delivering a speech in Fairport, New York, when a man climbed on stage "and attempted to stab" Zeldin, a statement from the campaign said. Zeldin announced his candidacy for governor last year, tweeting that "the light that was a beacon of what America can be has gone dark." Zeldin was a vocal defender of former President Donald Trump during his presidency, including publicly defending him during his second impeachment trial.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him at an upstate event.

“This could have gone a lot worse. A video posted on Twitter shows the two falling to the ground as other people try to intervene. Security will be increased starting with our first event this morning.” In a statement, Hochul condemned the attack and said she was “relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody.” He said Zeldin had not received any specific threats recently. A message seeking comment was left at a number listed for Jakubonis.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him at an upstate event Thursday ...

He said Zeldin had “just a little scrape” but it wasn’t what anyone would consider an injury. “This could have gone a lot worse. A video posted on Twitter shows the two falling to the ground as other people try to intervene. In a statement, Hochul condemned the attack and said she was “relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody.” It’s just a chaotic scene there,” Langworthy said. “He is fine.

The mental state of David Jakubonis, the New York man who attacked Rep. Lee Zeldin dramatically worsened following his discharge from the Army and the death ...

“He’s a peculiar guy, he has social issues,” the ex-neighbor said. “Honestly, bro, there was something that I couldn’t place with him,” the man continued. “He became more and more detached over the years after his wife died.” The former neighbor said he used to spend time with Jakubonis, his wife and their twins while living in Fairport about a decade ago. He then took up criminal justice and psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology from 2012 through 2014. “There was something not right about how he would talk.

The suspect in the attack against Representative Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor, was released without bail hours after the encounter.

And rearrest rates — which could indicate whether the law had contributed to crime rates — have stayed steady. “What I propose is we repeal cashless bail, that judges are given discretion to weigh dangerousness, flight risk, past criminal record and the seriousness of the offense,” Mr. Zeldin said at a news conference. Progressives objected, while Republicans and moderates like Mr. Adams said the changes did not go far enough. Ms. Doorley is also a co-chair of Mr. Zeldin’s campaign. Mr. Jakubonis, 43, of Fairport, N.Y., was charged with attempted assault in the second degree, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, and released on his own recognizance. Ms. Hochul, who is traveling in California for a Democratic Governors Association retreat in Santa Monica, condemned the attack Thursday night. More serious offenses, including violent crimes, are still eligible for bail under the law. The attack took place Thursday night outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall near Rochester, where Mr. Zeldin was holding the first in a series of weekend campaign stops. Mr. Zeldin continued his planned campaign bus tour around the state on Friday, albeit with increased security. And they sought to use it to press an advantage in New York congressional races, as well. Mr. Zeldin, a four-term congressman from Long Island and an U.S. Army reservist, was not injured. The arguments over the attack’s implications in New York were the latest flashpoint in a long-running dispute over the state’s public safety program and the effect of recent changes to the bail law.

Zeldin's campaign said the attacker was taken into custody and the congressman continued his speech. He is challenging incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

A suspect is in custody and Major Crimes is investigating." "This could have gone a lot worse. He said Zeldin had "just a little scrape" but it wasn't what anyone would consider an injury. "Fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop him for a few moments until others tackled him." A video posted on Twitter shows the two falling to the ground as other people try to intervene. It's just a chaotic scene there," Langworthy said.

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was attacked by a man with a pointed weapon at an event Thursday night near Rochester ...

“I was able to get both of his arms, kind of give him a bear hug and tackle him to the ground,” Chenelly said. And he was already in cuffs, and I stopped at that time and let them know that, you know, he has to deal with the way he's done tonight but if there's services he needs, we'll make sure that he gets those.” “At the very end, he said that he had fought in Iraq. … And, you know, that struck me. And when the man raised it again, Assembly candidate and veterans advocate Joe Chenelly tackled the man, and others helped to subdue and disarm him. As post members began converging on the man, and the makeshift stage, he allegedly got up on the flatbed trailer with Zeldin, approached him and raised his arm. “And he says, ‘Hey, brother, I'm sorry, I've got to go do this.’”

A man was charged on Friday with attempted assault after brandishing a sharp object and attacking US congressman Lee Zeldin as the Republican candidate for New ...

“The first thing I saw was that he was wearing a hat that said he was a veteran,” he said. But at the same exact time, I noticed that he had a weapon in his hand.” It’s not clear whether Jakubonis had an attorney who could speak for him.

The state's laws exempting all but the most serious crimes and exceptional circumstances from cash bail have drawn criticism from both right and left.

“I believe they have blood on their hands and I’m sick and tired of this has to stop,” he said. “I also want to thank the law enforcement officers who quickly took action and are investigating this attack that defies our fundamental democratic values.” “If he had gone up there a little more abruptly and just jabbed Zeldin in the throat and he bled out on the stage, that would have been an assassination of a sitting member of Congress and a gubernatorial nominee,” state GOP chair Nick Langworthy said during a press conference in Buffalo Friday morning. “We have to say collectively as New Yorkers ‘enough is enough,’” he said. And it was only for a few moments that it was necessary for a bunch of people to tackle him. “I just grabbed his wrist in a particular way to hold it there.