Police in New York City are investigating the first reported homicide of the year.

A woman in her 40s was stabbed to death in Astoria on Saturday, the NYPD said. Police said a passerby found her lying on a sidewalk at 23rd Street and Broadway just before 9 p.m.

The woman was rushed to Astoria General Hospital where she died. Her identity has not been released by officials.

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Police did not provide details on a possible motive or description of a suspect.

Hours earlier, another woman was found dead on Long Island. Police there said the victim had also been stabbed to death outside her home in West Babylon.

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Police in Suffolk county said the 21-year-old was arguing with a man she knew when the altercation turned violent and he stabbed her around 2 p.m. Saturday.

The suspect has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.