New York Gov. says stabbed Salman Rushdie still alive (Photos/Video) New York State Governor, Kathy Hochul, has said that Salman Rushdie, the Man Booker Prize award winner who was stabbed on Friday is alive and currently receiving treatment in a hospital. Salman Rushdie, who received death threats from Iran due to his book in the past, was stabbed several times by an attacker during a lecture in New. According to the official statement released by the New York State Police, a man stabbed Rushdie in the neck at the Chautauqua Institution. The...