He explicitly says he didn't write it in this article:
"NC: Credit for the article should be given to the actual author, Jeffrey Watumull, a fine mathematician-linguist-philosopher. The two listed co-authors were consultants, who agree with the article but did not write it."
>>arp242+(OP)
Good point! It's useful to have a reference for this, thanks. It's obvious to anyone who's read some of Chomsky's work that he didn't write the NYT article, but I can understand why others might find this claim a bit implausible, given that his name is at the top of it.