New York police’s hate crime department is investigating an alleged physical and verbal attack on a young Muslim woman in the city’s subway earlier this week. A 28-year-old Muslim woman was in the New York City subway on Tuesday when a stranger approached her and made an advance. After rejecting him, the man allegedly grabbed the woman, cut her with a sharp object, and made anti-Muslim comments. A bystander who tried to come to her aid was repeatedly slashed as well, according to a report in local media. As of Thursday, the alleged attacker was still at large, leaving local residents on edge a…