and that's when it happened. I got hit.

 He pushed me in the back right in train that was coming in. 

Romano suffered injuries to his face and mouth, and collapsed onto the subway platform bloodied and unconscious, and was treated at St. Barnabas Hospital when help did arrive.

He said the incident has left him afraid to ride the rails - and skeptical of NYPD claims that the city transit system is safer than it's been in months.

Major crime in the city's subway system was down by about 1% in June, compared to last year, although felony assaults were up by 20 incidents in the month, according to NYPD stats.

 The statistics don't mean anything,  Romano said.  I think what we see is what goes on and today is not the same as yesterday. The crime has grown more now than before.

 It's just the crime is still growing and growing and growing no matter what the statistics say. 

The NYPD is asking anyone with information on the late June attack to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.