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Man hurls anti-Asian slurs at woman on Manhattan subway train: police © Provided by RADIO.COM Suspect NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Police are searching for a man who they say harassed and called a woman anti-Asian slurs aboard a subway train in Manhattan on Thursday morning. The 34-year-old woman was seated on a Q train at the 96th Street Station on the Upper East Side around 11:30 a.m. when the man came up and aggressively pointed his finger in her face, police said. The man also called the woman anti-Asian slurs before fleeing the train, according to police. The woman was not injured.

(JTA) — A young Orthodox Jewish couple and their baby were slashed by a knife-wielding man near a New York City park. The father fought off the attacker and suffered injuries to his head that needed 12 stitches, according to the local news site BoroPark24. The mother suffered injuries to her lip and the baby to his chin in the incident near Battery Park in downtown Manhattan. The alleged assailant was arrested and charged with assault and possession of a weapon, among other counts. The couple, aged 22 and 24, were visiting from Belgium, according to BoroPark24. According to the New York Pos...

The couple, aged 22 and 24, were visiting from Belgium, according to BoroPark24. According to the New York Post, the assailant was ranting during the attack but was not saying anything that would indicate that the attack was antisemitic. But a spokesperson for the New York Police Department said the attack was deemed a “possible bias incident” and the city’s Hate Crime Task Force was also investigating. The man had spent several years in jail after pleading guilty to attempted murder during a robbery in 2011, according to the Post. He was released recently. An annual survey from the Ant...

1,965 shares Illustrative: In this October 4, 2020, photo, two women walk with children during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/Kathy Willens) JTA — A young Orthodox Jewish couple and their baby visiting New York City were slashed by a knife-wielding man near a Manhattan park. The father fought off the attacker and suffered injuries to his head that needed 12 stitches, according to the local news site BoroPark24. The mother suffered injuries to her lip and the baby to his chin in the incident near Battery Park in do...

Updated on March 19, 2021 at 3:35 am NBC 4 New York An Asian American couple in New York City says they were verbally attacked by a stranger who told them to "go back to China" over the weekend. The police department's Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident that occurred near East 22nd Street and 1st Avenue on Sunday, according to a spokesperson. The victim, 25-year-old Maria Ha, captured part of the incident on video, which has gone viral and is being used as one example of many racist attacks against people of Asian descent in the U.S. that have significantly increased over the...