The predator approached the woman from behind on a stairwell inside the Canal Street station around 2 a.m. Friday and pushed ...

The 45-year-old victim told them that a male approached him and threw a liquid on him and proceeded to ignite a fire.

"We are getting back to the basics of policing, and that starts at the precinct-level and in the neighborhoods we serve," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement to Newsday.