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(New York, NY/77WABC)_A 37-year-old Asian woman on her way to attend a rally against Asian Hate
Crimes was violently attacked Sunday near 51 Astor Place within the confines of the 9th Precinct. 
The NYPD says the suspect in the attack saw the woman carrying a sign she planned to use during the rally. The unidentified male approached the woman, asking her for the sign she was carrying. The individual attempted to place the sign into a garbage can, instead placed the sign on the ground and stomped on it. When the victim asked the male why he did that, he punched her twice in the face with a closed fist. The individual then fled into the Astor Place location to the 8th St. subway station boarding the #6 Subway line.
The victim sustained a small laceration and bruising to her lip and a sprained ankle while running after the individual. The woman was taken via EMS to Lenox Hill Healthplex Hospital for treatment.
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating. There have been at least 14 attacks against Asian Americans in NYC since the start of the year fueled by the Covid-19 Pandemic believed to have originated in China.
The unidentified male is described as being approximately 6’1″ tall, 200 pounds, with a medium complexion, slim build, black hair, last seen wearing a red Chicago Bulls hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, a black baseball hat, a black face mask, black sneakers and carrying a green backpack.
Anyone with information regarding the identity of this individual is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
