Recent NYC subway slashings prompt concerns over transit safety
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- The recent attacks across the New York City transit system have many commuters concerned about violence in the subway.
Three men, including an MTA train conductor, have been slashed or stabbed in the subway system in the past week.
On Friday night, at around 11:05 p.m. a 27-year-old man was slashed on the hand after getting into an argument with a stranger onboard a train pulling into Penn Station, authorities said.
The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment where he is expected to recover, authorities report.
A man was stabbed on a Manhattan-bound No. 4 subway train in the Bronx, according to the NYPD. The Friday afternoon attack left a 61-year-old man injured after a suspect stabbed him on the left side of his stomach, authorities said.
On Thursday, Alton Scott, a 59-year-old conductor, was slashed in the neck while operating a Manhattan-bound C train in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Scott was brought to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center where he received 34 stitches to the gaping wound, according to Transport Workers Union Local 100.
"I don’t feel safe but I’m used to it I take the train every day so I see all kinds of stuff," a subway rider told PIX11 News.
While murder and rape are down in the subways compared to this time last year, other crimes are up. Robbery is up by 8.9% and felony assault by 11.7%.
The victims in all 3 of these cases are expected to recover. No arrests have been made in any of the cases.