NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- An on-duty subway conductor was punched in the face and a man was slashed in the neck Thursday evening in the latest attacks in the transit system, police said.
The 33-year-old MTA conductor was operating a northbound 1 train at the 86th Street station on the Upper West Side around 7 p.m. when she stuck her head out of a train car window to clear the platform.
That’s when someone came up and punched her in the face, police said.
She was taken to an area hospital to be treated.
Around the same time, a 35-year-old man was attacked at the Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College station in Crown Heights.
Police said a man wielding a sharp object slashed the victim in the neck in a staircase of the station.
The victim was taken in stable condition to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
Both suspects fled after the attacks, police said. No arrests have been reported.
The assaults follow a rash of subway violence last weekend and into this week, including multiple stabbings and slashings. An MTA conductor was also pelted with rocks and multiple people were beaten with metal pipes in separate incidents.
Just last week, Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a subway safety plan that went into effect on Monday. It increases homeless outreach as well as NYPD enforcement of subway rules.
Adams told WCBS 880 on Friday that the safety plan is going well given it’s less than a week old.
“It's not like flipping a switch,” Adams said. “When I run into those that believe a system that has been basically denied basic services of how do we assure people don't have encampment on our subway systems, people are not living in inhumane fashion. We mobilized, we're doing an amazing job and we look at over 125 daily interactions to, number one, correct conditions—because that's very important, we can't have any criminality or basic attacks on our quality of life—but also give services to those who are in need, allow people to transition to housing when it is appropriate and partner with the mental health professionals who do the job.”
“But we've got to do more,” the mayor said. “We can't feed the dysfunctionality on our system. It's imperative that we look at Kendra's Law to have a stronger approach of those who are a danger to themselves and others so that we can keep a safe system. So this is the second step in our plan. The first that we announced where we wanted to do station inspections, this is the second step where we're doing engagement and we're going to continue to evolve to make sure we get this right to make sure our subways are safe.”
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