Top Democrats have been silent after the latest in a string of violent attacks in Central Park in New York City, where a suspect is at large after police say he sexually assaulted a woman at knifepoint.A 39-year-old woman was raped in the park around 8:30 p.m.Saturday by a stranger who threatened her with a knife near the intersection of East 67th Street and East Drive, the NYPD said.
It was the fifth reported rape in the NYPD’s Central Park Precinct this year, data show."This most recent rape was in an area that's right near $10 million apartments and an area where you would hope that people in this city would feel safe," said Paul Mauro, a retired NYPD inspector and Fox News Contributor.Two of the state’s top Democratic leaders, Gov.Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James, have so far remained silent on the attack—a stark contrast to their highly visible intervention earlier this month in a separate rape case involving seven Cornell fraternity members, where Hochul swiftly appointed James as a special prosecutor.The NYPD is searching for a suspect wanted in a rape that occurred in Central Park on Saturday, Oct.
24, 2026.(NYPD)The NYPD responded to a reported knifepoint rape at East 66th Street and 5th Avenue in Central Park.
(FNTV)CORNELL SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE REVIVES SCRUTINY OF A LITTLE-KNOWN NEW YORK LAW ON INTOXICATED VICTIMS"Let something hit the news like the Cornell case and all of a sudden they’re all over the media and they’re on a soapbox and they’re holding press conferences," Mauro said.The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University, left, and New York Gov.Kathy Hochul with Attorney General Letitia James, right.
James has opened an active criminal investigation into sexual assault allegations stemming from an October 2024 incident at the fraternity house.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)"We are less than 10 days away from an election, and that has to have a lot to do with it," he added.ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RIDESHARE DRIVER CHARGED WI...