MTA officials touted a “historic” dip in Big Apple subway crime in a glowing announcement Sunday — just hours after a straphanger was slashed and another shoved onto the tracks by a muttering maniac.

The transit agency said July produced the lowest transit-crime stats since the data was first collected in 1995, with an 8% drop in felonies in the subways last month — including a 16.7% plummet in robberies and a 9.3% decrease in felony assaults compared to the same month last year.

“It’s clear the efforts to increase overnight patrols, deploy thousands more security cameras and expand mental health outreach are having real positive impacts,” MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said in a statement. 4

“By working closely with Gov. [Kathy] Hochul and the NYPD, we’re making sure the transit s

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