By Gus Saltonstall
A man was slashed in the face following an argument early Tuesday morning on an Upper West Side train, a police spokesperson told the West Side Rag.
A 22-year-old man was riding a northbound A train about 1:30 a.m. near the West 72nd Street and Central Park West station, when he was slashed in the forehead with a boxcutter, police said.
NYPD told the Rag that the slashing occurred after an unspecified verbal fight between the man and another person on the train.
The suspect fled the train at the 72nd Street station, while the injured man continued on until 96th Street, where he received medical attention, PIX11 reported.
He is expected to survive, police added.
There have been no arrests and NYPD did not have a description for the suspect.
Anyone with information in regard to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD’s CrimeStoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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we’re going to get lots of people saying “we need even more police”—but there’s hundreds of police officers in each station, all tapping away on their phones. why didn’t a single one catch the suspect who ran out at 72nd? why haven’t they reviewed any camera footage to give us a description? what are we paying them all this money to do???
Another thing. Instead of complaining, join the Auxiliary Police. No age limit. So if you do nothing but complain instead of take action, you’re the problem.
In other words, you weren’t there and have absolutely NO idea what time this occurred except “early Tuesday morning,” and you’re second guessing. Well, that’s meaningless. There are NOT hundreds of police in each station. I ride the subway every day, and it sounds to me like you don’t … ever. And how would you know that camera footage wasn’t reviewed, which I am sure it WAS immediately. We’re not paying them “all this money,” and if you were paying attention you’d know that the NYPD has had record retirements in the past three years. But see if you can a bit more snarky. It’s really productive!
Ask Albany why NYPD can’t do their job.
I didn’t know “Albany” had a mandate that police officers must congregate and chat in groups, or stand with their partner while on their phones. Thanks; that’s good to know.
Last summer at the 81st Street station, I saw a verbal altercations on the uptown platform that looked and sounded potentially dangerous. I tried to tell the two officers whom I saw on the downtown track standing in one spot and talking to each other. They ignored me for several minutes, while discussing their dating lives b/c they thought that I was either talking to myself or I was on the phone b/c I had ear buds in. When I finally got their attention, one said: “Ma’am this is NY city, people argue all the time.” To which I responded, “and they push each other on the tracks and kill each other, too.” Their final comment was that I should have tried harder to get their attention. Specifically, I should have interrupted their conversation by saying “excuse me officer, I think…..” And mine was, “when I’m working nobody has to tell me to do my job, and I don’t ignore people trying to tell me something.”
They do. They catch everyone. The Justice system lets them out.
That was my point exactly. Nypd does their job but it looks like they don’t because perpetrators are out within hours.
Usw-er, I don’t understand what Albany has to do with the NYPD. Don’t the police report to Mayor Adams?
Please see my comment above. Albany’s laws made it tough on police to do their job.
Well, no. The job of the NYPD is to enforce the law, and apprehend people that they see violating the law. What happens after the suspect is arrested and arraigned is not within the purview of the NYPD, and should have no impact on how they do their job. What I see on the street every day is NYPD officers ignoring people who break the law right in front of them.
This statement echos exactly what people were marching for three years ago. More money is not the solution, especially when other departments so desperately need the funding.
People were marching, which led to bail reform, which led to more perpetrators out on the streets slashing people. You can be sure this wasn’t a one time offense.
Can you point us to some peer-reviewed studies that support your assertion that bail reform “led to more perpetrators out on the streets slashing people”?
Bail reform advocacy happened because of young people like Kalief Browder dying horrible deaths.
Like what … the knife carving department?
There seem to be a lot of reports of crimes committed near 72nd Street and near this subway station. Including the perp gets off the train at 72nd and disappears “to parts unknown.”
The “parts unknown” is frustrating. Are there not street cameras around the station? Surely it can be determined what direction they went before “disappearing.”
I’m not sure what subway stations you frequent. I certainly don’t see “hundreds of police officers in each station” (because it’s just not so; they are not there in mass numbers, certainly not in “early morning” hours). Would be great to get any description on the perp at all, though since the victim survived, he likely has described the guy to the police. The problem is that the description will match the description for many other such physical assaults, save for the color of the clothing.
As for “what are we paying them all this money to do?” I can hardly think of a job less well paid given the daily dangers than NYPD. It’s a no-win situation for many of them, as their every move is challenged, and they are often dealing with mentally unhinged, physically violent, drug-addled people.
Cities get the behaviors that they tolerate. This would never happen in, say, Switzerland. But this kind of thing happens here because the current government in this and many other large American cities tolerates it and, in general, rushes in to apologize for it.
Switzerland VERN? Are you kidding? The whole country has the population of NYC..
Really…?? Who exactly is tolerating or apologizing for a random slashing?
This is obviously reprehensible behavior, & no one thinks otherwise.
The DA is tolerating and not apologizing. They routinely downgrade charges.
Unfortunately it became acceptable no news event. Unless we elect politicians who don’t consider it a price of social justice, it will continue and will get worse.
A new Mayor maybe?
What possible connection does this crime have with social justice? It sounds like a beef between 2 men.
Does the A train now stop at 72nd st?
Hi Amy, the A Train stops at 72nd Street during late night service. Thanks!
Is it too much to ask for anyone given catch and release or supervised release to be fitted with a tracking device? It would help catch them in the event of recitivism and may also prevent crimes. And reduce supervision costs.
Cue the civil libertarians, but IMO the only people objecting are the ones who fear getting caught.