'Enough is enough': Three NYC subway riders slashed within 12 minutes in separate incidents — and Mayor Bill de Blasio is called out for 'negligence' News Wendy Connett/Contributor/Getty Images Like SIGN UP Three New York City subway riders were slashed in separate incidents within 12 minutes of each other early Friday morning — and the head of the city's transit system is blaming Mayor Bill de Blasio for "negligence" in the matter, WABC-TV reported. What are the details? Police told the station the attacks began at 4:25 a.m., when a 44-year-old man was slashed in the face on a southbound 4 train at the 14th Street Union Square station.