Overview
- The Manhattan victim, 39, was stabbed in the arm and hip around 6:50 a.m. near the High Line and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
- Police said the Manhattan attack followed a dispute, the assailant fled, and no description was immediately available.
- In Ridgewood, Queens, a 40-year-old man was stabbed in the chest and stomach around 10:35 a.m. and was listed in critical but stable condition at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.
- Authorities said the Queens assailant fled the scene and no arrests had been made.
- Police noted additional New Year’s Day violence citywide, including five people shot in separate incidents and a Bronx livery cab driver killed.