New York's worsening crime crisis saw a volunteer for mayoral election favorite Eric Adam's campaign stabbed with an ice pick while campaigning in the Bronx.
A volunteer working for Eric Adams' mayoral campaign was subjected to a vicious attack while canvassing in the South Bronx on Sunday as recent brazen daylight attacks on New Yorker's continued.
The 42-year-old man, who has not been named, ended up with a punctured lung as a result of the attack having been stabbed four times with an ice pick just before 4pm, in an assault that was caught on camera.
The volunteer could be seen shaking hands with a voter when the suspect in a white T-shirt suddenly pounced and began to stab the man from behind.
A 42-year-old volunteer for the Eric Adams, pictured, campaign was stabbed multiple times in the Bronx on Sunday afternoon
The worker fell to the ground while the suspect continued their frenzied attack.
Adams described the worker as 'one of our most committed volunteers' had been rushed to the hospital.
'We had a campaign volunteer, he was stabbed multiple times by an ice pick. That is one of the most dangerous weapons you can use with a stabbing. He went into surgery. We believe he has stabilized,' Adams, who is the current mayoral front runner said.
'This violence must stop,' Adam's said in a tweet.
'We don't know what it's connected to,' he said. 'We have been dealing with some issues that we're going to see if it's connected with that, but at this time we're not sure. I'm going to stop to see if it's possible to visit him. He was a volunteer that came out every day. The video shows that he was out giving out literature for the campaign, but he was stabbed multiple times.'
The victim was canvassing through the neighborhood when two men approached and one of them stabbed the volunteer. Adam's tweeted a picture of the scene
Several of the New York City Democratic mayoral candidates tweeted their shock and support for the victim who had been stabbed
Video as seen by the New York Post shows the victim being approached by two people before being stabbed by one of them.
The weapons used, an ice pick and a knife were found at the scene.
When detectives questioned the victim, who has himself been arrested almost 50 times, he refused to answer questions.
Mayoral rival Maya Wiley also expressed her condolences Sunday as did several other Democratic mayoral primary candidates — including Kathryn Garica and Andrew Yang.
'Horrible news. My thoughts are with your volunteer, their family, and your entire team, Eric,' Yang tweeted.
'This is horrifying news. My heart goes out to this volunteer and his loved ones. Elyse and I wish a speedy recovery,' wrote Scott Stringer.
'Pained to hear this. Sending love to his family and thinking of the team and volunteers,' said Kathryn Garcia in a Twitter message.
'My thoughts are with him and his family and my heart hurts for Team Adams today. New
