A 23-year old woman was slashed in the chest and hand in Times Square early Friday morning when a stranger lashed out after she ignored his catcalls, police said. Surveillance images released by cops shows the assailant, who fled down ninth Avenue, to be a dark-skinned man in black clothing. 'Now, we've seen patterns in Times Square that we are going to address very, very aggressively,' he said in a news conference, introducing his new Times Square Safety Plan. The plan would include the deployment of 50 more officers to the area 'to make sure that anyone who goes to Times Square knows they're safe.' It would be in addition to the officers the NYPD previously deployed to the area last month, de Blasio said.

Source: Daily Mail July 04, 2021 18:56 UTC