The MTA logo is seen on the side of a New York City subway car. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File
Police in New York City are searching for a man who slashed a subway conductor in the neck as the union representing transit workers is calling for better protections on the rails.
The Transportation Workers Union Local 100 said the attack happened around 3:40 a.m. Thursday as a southbound A train was pulling into a station in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Conductor Alton Scott was slashed in the neck as he put his head out a window to make sure the track was clear, the union said.
The 59-year-old transit worker was taken to Brookdale University Hospital where he received 34 stitches to close the deep gash and is now recovering at home, according to the union.
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