Man with knife stabs woman on the Lower East Side: police

The victim was stabbed at 133 Pitt St. on the Lower East Side early Friday morning
The victim was stabbed at 133 Pitt St. on the Lower East Side early Friday morning. Photo credit Citizen App

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a woman on the Lower East Side early Friday morning.

The 36-year-old victim was stabbed at Pitt Street and East Houston Street just before 12:30 a.m.

According to police, the victim was in a dispute with her attacker when he stabbed her repeatedly in the right leg with a knife.

She was transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and is expected to survive.

The suspect, Paris McCoy, 26, was later arrested on charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Police said he has nine prior arrests.

The nature of the dispute wasn't immediately known.

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