Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY Older Asians Face ‘A Whole Wave’ of Hate Hidden in Official NYPD Stats Even as the NYPD investigated few anti-Asian bias incidents as hate crimes, its records show a vast number of cases closed without action — with the greatest increase involving older Asian New Yorkers. Ariel Goodman and Michelle Pitcher contributed reporting. Share this story , a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. The security videos of the March incident stunned New Yorkers and resonated far beyond. They showed an older Asian woman, shoved to the ground, then kicked in the body and stomped in the head by an assailant.