A man who nearly killed an MTA employee is now off the streets — and it will be a decade before he returns.
Jamar Banks, 53, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision for stabbing a 47-year-old MTA worker on the Pelham Parkway train platform in January. A judge also issued an order of protection.
Banks pleaded guilty to attempted murder after attacking the worker with a large kitchen knife, stabbing him in the back and underarm. The victim was hospitalized and out of work for months…