NYC Mayor Eric Adams praises hammer attack victim who says she won't ride subway, 'Lucky to be alive'

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is praising a research scientist who was attacked with a hammer while entering a subway station earlier this year, after the now-recovered woman sat down for her first interview since the assault left her with a fractured skull.

She's lucky to be alive

Rothschild, 57, was on her way home from work and was entering a Queens subway station around 11:20 p.m. on Feb. 24, when she was attacked. Suspect William Blount approached her from behind and began kicking her and whacking her with a cane before pulling out a yellow hammer and unleashing an even more violent attack, police have said.