Woman punched in the face at 96th St. station
A stranger slugged a woman as she stepped off a train on the Upper West Side early Monday — less than 12 hours after a man was slashed inside another subway station farther downtown, cops said.
The victim was treated at the scene, and the attacker — whom she did not know — fled and was still at large later in the morning, cops said.A 28-year-old woman had just stepped off an uptown No. 3 train when a stranger punched her in the face, cops said.In a separate attack Sunday evening, a 25-year-old man was slashed in the arm on the uptown F train platform at Second Avenue and East Houston Street, authorities said.
Felony assaults within the city’s transit system have seen about a 5% decrease so far this year, according to the latest NYPD data, updated Oct. 13. Misdemeanor assaults, which are considered less serious, have dipped by about 2%.
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