It happened on West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues on Saturday just before 9 p.m.
The stabbing stemmed from a fight between people in two different cars. Police say a passenger from one vehicle stabbed the driver of the other vehicle three times in the back.
The victim is now at Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
The car with the attacker got away.
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