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A brute flipped out on an MTA cleaner who confronted him for urinating on the busy Times Square subway platform \u2014 stabbing him on the arm, cops and sources said. NYPD<\/p>\nAn unhinged straphanger stabbed an MTA cleaner who confronted him for urinating on the bustling Times Square subway platform on Monday, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The lewd attacker was relieving himself on the platform of the major Midtown hub around 10:30 p.m. when the transit cleaner, a 30-year-old man, scolded him, according to the NYPD and law enforcement sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crude commuter then flew into a rage and started physically fighting with the worker before stabbing him on the left arm \u2013 leaving a severe cut, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A brute flipped out on an MTA cleaner who confronted him for urinating on the busy Times Square subway platform \u2014 stabbing him on the arm, cops and sources said. NYPD<\/p>\n
The employee was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By Thursday, the worker \u2013 who had been employed by the MTA since July of 2023 \u2013 was treated and released from the hospital, according to the transit agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pissy assailant, who hopped on board a southbound No. 1 train, remained on the loose Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Footage released by the NYPD shows the bespectacled, goateed straphanger carrying a backpack on the train.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The pissy madman boarded a southbound No. 1 train and was still on the loose Thursday. NYPD<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable that someone would attack a transit worker doing their job to improve the lives of New York subway riders,\u201d Bill Amarosa Jr., the MTA\u2019s executive vice president of subways, said in a statement. <\/p>\n
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\u201cThank goodness that cleaner appears to be recovering rapidly\u2014and thanks to the NYPD for aggressively investigating. Transit cameras captured the perpetrator on video, and when he\u2019s apprehended the justice system should make sure maximum consequences are delivered.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on the suspect\u2019s whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). <\/p>\n