Chilling surveillance footage shows the moment a knife-wielding man stabbed a 25-year-old in broad daylight on a sidewalk in Brooklyn.
Video shows the victim holding a pizza box and chatting with another individual when the suspect, who appeared to be passing with a group of friends, casually walks over and begins stabbing him repeatedly.
The attack is just the latest in a string of violent crime vanquishing New York City.
New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea has called for reform amid the crime surge, arguing that the 'soft on criminals experiment' has been a disaster.
Surveillance cameras captured the moment a knife-wielding man stabbed a 25-year-old in broad daylight on a sidewalk in Brooklyn
Police say the incident occurred at approximately 5.22pm Saturday in Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood
The attacker, seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, stabbed the victim in his face and abdomen before fleeing the scene
Police say the latest incident occurred at approximately 5.22pm Saturday in Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood.
The attacker, seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, stabbed the victim in his face and abdomen before fleeing the scene.
The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital and is currently in stable condition, FOX 5 reported.
NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering a $3,500 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest.
NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering a $3,500 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest
Throughout New York, crime has been increasing in almost all categories. New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea has called for reform amid the crime surge, arguing that the 'soft on criminals experiment' has been a disaster
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea says recent criminal reforms have been 'a disaster'
Officials are calling on newly-appointed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to crack down on crime
Tips can be submitted to NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), online or via Twitter @NYPDTips.
NYPD did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
Throughout New York, crime has been increasing in almost all categories.
'This city is built on public safety,' Commissioner Shea said during a Monday evening interview with Spectrum News.
'We're probably about two years into this soft-on-criminals 'experiment' if you will, 'let's empty out the jails, and show me a New Yorker that at this point and time thinks this experiment has worked. It's been a disaster.'
Police say surveillance footage shows Newton man twirling an object - believed to be a hammer - in his hand as he walks over to a man off-screen on the other side of the platform at Union Square on Saturday night
The suspect was later seen calmly leaving the Union Square Station. He was arrested less than 24 hours in Harlem
Surveillance footage from a Chase Bank in lower Manhattan shows the moment an attacker - later identified as Aaron Garcia - suddenly walks up behind Miguel Solorzano, 50, and begins swinging his weapon in the violent attack
Eventually, Solorazano, severely bloodied, flees, and his attacker does not follow. Police say they have the charged Garcia with assault and attempted murder in connection to the attack
NYC's 'soft on criminals experiment' has been a disaster: NYPD commissioner blames crime reforms for emptying jails
The New York Police Department commissioner implored the state's new governor to roll back disastrous crime reform laws, calling the 'soft-on-crime experiment' a failure that has led to the city's runaway crime.
'This city is built on public safety,' NYPD top cop Dermot Shea told NY1 on Tuesday. 'We're probably about two years into this soft-on-criminals experiment. … Show me a New Yorker that thinks this experiment has worked.
'It's been a disaster. By any definition, it's been a disaster.'
Shea made the comments after an innocent bystander was wounded Monday during a 5:42 p.m. shooting near West 31 Street and Seventh Avenue. Police said the gunman meant to strike a man inside Penn Station who he'd been arguing with over food.
'Common sense is what we need,' Shea said. 'Reforms are good, but let's do reforms that are calibrated in such a way with the input of law enforcement. We all work for the same person: the public. These laws over the last couple of years have been a disaster.'
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who was sworn into office Tuesday, has yet to outline her approach to controlling the crime-ridden city. It will be up to her to decide whether to continue New York's state of emergency over gun violence, issued in July by disgraced Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Shea said Monday's daylight shooting was just the start of a broken, revolving-door justice system that allows criminals to return to the streets without being adequately punished.
Shea said he hopes New York's new governor, Kathy Hochul, will make necessary changes to increase safety across the city.
'Common sense is what we need. Reforms are good, but let's do reforms that are calibrated in such a way with the input of law enforcement,' he argued.
'It's time to fix these laws and get back to where we all need to be.'
According to NYPD data, felony assaults are up 5.2 percent from last year, as of August 22, with misdemeanor assaults up 2.4 percent.
Murders have decreased, from 291 reported during the same time frame in 2020 to 287 reported thus far in 2021.
There have also been 7.1 percent more shooting incidents, with 4.4 percent more victims.
Grand larcenies have also increased 1.6 percent, with grand larcenies from automobiles reaching an increase of 19.3 percent.
Rapes have increased 6.1 percent and hate crimes have nearly doubled.
The Brooklyn attack comes amid a growing crime wave in the Big Apple, with more and more assaults happening in broad daylight.
Also on Saturday, a man bludgeoned a subway passenger with a hammer, purportedly for looking at him 'the wrong way'.
The attack took place at the Union Square station around 9pm.
The suspect, since identified as Jamar Newton, 41, allegedly struck the 44-year-old victim in the back of the head after an argument, causing him to fall onto the tracks.
The victim was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he required seven stitches to close his head wound. He was listed in stable condition.
Newton was arrested at around 6pm Sunday when officers spotted him running away from an 18-year-old boy in the 125th Street subway station in Harlem. He was charged with assault, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a weapon and robbery.
Last Friday morning a woman was beaten with a metal pole while waiting for the G train.
And earlier in the month another man was randomly attacked by an alleged Iraq War veteran swinging a hatchet outside of the Chase Bank in Lower Manhattan.
The suspect struck the 50-year-old victim three times in the head and once in the leg.
The victim was left bleeding on the sidewalk until paramedics were able to bandage his head and transport him to an nearby hospital where he underwent two surgeries. The man is now in stable condition.
His attacker – believed to be Aaron Garcia, 37, of Yonkers – was arrested after allegedly going through a rampage around town. He was charged with attempted murder and assault.
