An off-duty NYPD officer was stabbed in the Bronx on Friday, police said.
The attack happened around 2 p.m. near Rochambeau Avenue and East 206th Street, according to the NYPD. The officer was taken to an area hospital and is in stable condition, police said.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch canceled a scheduled afternoon press conference on quarterly crime statistics to visit the officer at Jacobi Hospital, according to an update in the mayor’s schedule.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.
Police did not say if the assailant knew the victim or identify a possible motive.
This is a developing story and may be updated.