NYC subway conductor slashed in the neck in Bed-Stuy
Transit workers want better protections on rails
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.