MAYVILLE, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at the Chautauqua Institution on Sunday, just two days after author Salman Rushdie was stabbed as he was set to give a lecture at the center.

Hochul promised that New York will always protect freedom of expression and freedom of speech.

The governor denounced violence and radicalization that she says happens online.

She highlighted the progress the state has made on strengthen gun laws in New York and the state's effort to more closely monitor social media.

"A man with a knife cannot silence a man with a pen,” Hochul said.

She also thanked those first responders and state police who responded to the attack.

State Police Superintendent Kevin Bruen spoke briefly at the center Sunday, and said that security will be increased at the Chautauqua Institution.

As for Rushdie, he is off a ventilator and is talking according to his agent.

Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called “a targeted, unprovoked, preplanned attack” on Rushdie.

Rushdie, 75, suffered a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye, literary agent Andrew Wylie had previously said, and was likely to lose the injured eye.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.