Man gets maximum sentence in 2022 Queens hammer attack

Name: Man gets maximum sentence in 2022 Queens hammer attack
Uploaded: 2025-07-10T17:34:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 12 s
Description: William Blount was caught on surveillance video using a hammer to repeatedly strike Nina Rothschild inside the Queens Plaza subway station in 2022. Thursday, he received the maximum sentence — 25 years to life in prison. CBS News New York's Natalie Duddridge was in court as he came face-to-face with the woman he attacked.

William Blount was caught on surveillance video using a hammer to repeatedly strike Nina Rothschild inside the Queens Plaza subway station in 2022. Thursday, he received the maximum sentence — 25 years to life in prison. CBS News New York's Natalie Duddridge was in court as he came face-to-face with the woman he attacked.