Woman slashed in face repeatedly, shoved onto NYC subway tracks

Woman slashed in face, shoved onto subway tracks

A woman was slashed in the face repeatedly, and then shoved onto the subway tracks last week at a station in Harlem, the NYPD said.

HARLEM - A woman was slashed in the face repeatedly, and then shoved onto the subway tracks last week at a station in Harlem, the NYPD said.

According to police, the 37-year-old woman was approached by a man, who grabbed her hair, slashed her multiple times in the face with a sharp object and pushed her onto the tracks. She was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside in stable condition, police said.

The man has since been identified by police as 29-year-old Michael Blount.