Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo vigorously defended Daniel Penny, the man who choked Jordan Neely to death on a New York City subway train, saying, "good Samaritans are needed and should be encouraged" to react as Penny did.
The uproar is rooted in a comment that Ossé, a Democrat who heads the Council’s Cultural Affairs Committee, made Monday about Dragonetti Brothers Landscaping, a city contractor that had to cough up more than $1 million in restitution last year after being accused of fraud.
Speakers including Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Queens) were eventually drowned out by hecklers and counter-protesters who gathered nearby on Wednesday.