Teens knife 37-year-old man during NYC clash blocks from Carnegie Hall, MoMA

A 37-year-old man was slashed in the leg during a confrontation with a group of teenagers on West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan late on Tuesday. Police said he was caught up in an argument before the group attacked him; the motive was unclear, and the attackers had not been arrested by Wednesday.

The man was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition. In the Midtown North Precinct, felony assaults have risen 22.6 per cent so far this year, with 347 reported compared with 283 over the same period last year. Overall major crime in the precinct was slightly lower, at 2,262 incidents versus 2,273.