MTA worker punched in the face after asking unruly passenger to get off the train, latest in Subway violence

The employee, 40, asked the rider to get off the train at the Harlem 148th St. Station on 148th St. and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. around 12:49 a.m. when the straphanger refused and clocked the worker in the face before dashing, police said. (Gary Listort/for New York Daily News)