{"id":43766,"date":"2020-12-26T22:13:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T02:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=43766"},"modified":"2020-12-26T22:13:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T02:13:30","slug":"covid-revenge-this-is-what-the-despotic-nys-government-is-bringing-on-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=43766","title":{"rendered":"COVID REVENGE: This is what the despotic NYS Government is bringing on itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cuomo staffer hit in head with cinder block during random NYC attack<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Larry Celona, Bernadette Hogan and Tamar Lapin<br \/>\nNew York Post<\/p>\n<p>A staffer in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Manhattan offices was bashed in the head with a cinder block on a Midtown street in a random and terrifying attack on Christmas Eve, police and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Cavanaugh, 51, had just left work and was passing a construction site at Third Avenue near 48th Street at around 2:15 p.m. when a stranger crept up behind her, according to the NYPD and the sources.<\/p>\n<p>The man hit her in the back of the head with the concrete block before fleeing west on East 48th Street, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Cavanaugh was temporarily knocked unconscious by the assault, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<p>She was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, some 20 blocks south of the scene, with several gashes to the back of her head.<\/p>\n<p>The shocking daytime attack took place about six blocks from the governor\u2019s Third Avenue offices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\">\n<div id=\"slideshow-16906151-1\" class=\"slideshow-container  slideshow-initialized\">\n<div class=\"slides-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"slide slide-active\">\n<div class=\"slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/cinder-block-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) calc(100vw - 170px), (max-width: 1280px) 66vw, (max-width: 1440px) 74vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/cinder-block-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1286 1286w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/cinder-block-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1033 1033w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/cinder-block-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=915 915w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/cinder-block-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=642 642w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/cinder-block-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=606 606w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/cinder-block-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=453 453w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/cinder-block-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=568 568w\" alt=\"cinder-block-attack\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"next-slideshow-expander\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"slideshow-header has-related\">\n<div class=\"slideshow-header-inner\">\n<div class=\"slideshow-controls-wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"next-gallery\">The suspected attacker.\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">DCPI<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The sources said it\u2019s believed Cavanaugh was heading home from work at the time.<br \/>\nTwo witnesses saw the assault and alerted cops, law-enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Cavanaugh required stitches to close up the wounds, according to a source with knowledge of her situation, adding that, all things considered, she was doing OK.<\/p>\n<p>She was conscious and hospital staffers were \u201ctaking care of her,\u201d the source said.<br \/>\nThe assailant, meanwhile, was still on the loose as of Thursday night, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released photos and surveillance footage of a man near the scene who police said was wanted for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Cavanaugh has worked as a recruitment and appointments officer in the governor\u2019s office since at least September, according to her profile on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/24\/cuomo-staffer-hit-in-head-with-cinder-block-during-random-nyc-attack\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/24\/cuomo-staffer-hit-in-head-with-cinder-block-during-random-nyc-attack\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuomo staffer hit in head with cinder block during random NYC attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}