NEW YORK, NY – A 45-year-old man was slashed and stabbed after getting into a verbal altercation with another in the area of 8th Avenue and West 39th Street in New York City’s garment district. According to the New York City Police Department, at around 2:45 a.m. on Wednesday, the suspect slashed and stabbed the victim. No further information was released by the NYPD at this time.