Man stabbed on the street near NYC subway station
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UPPER WEST SIDE - A man was stabbed on the street near the West 96th and Broadway subway station on the Upper West Side Monday morning, police said.
Police said a man walked up to the 26-year-old victim, stabbed him, and stole his backpack.
The man sustained stab wounds on his buttocks.
The victim was taken to Mt. Sinai Morningside Hospital and is in stable condition.
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No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Meanwhile, earlier Monday morning, a 52-year-old man was stabbed in the back multiple times following a dispute over smoking on a subway train in Brooklyn, the NYPD said.
Also on Monday, a woman was reportedly stabbed in the back on a C train at the Franklin Avenue Station in Bed-Stuy. The woman is expected to be OK, and her attacker fled the scene.