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NEW YORK, NY – A Queens man has been arrested and charged with an assault and hate crime for an attack that happened in Midtown Manhattan on New Year’s Eve. The incident took place just blocks south of Times Square at the intersection of Avenue of the Americas and West 33 Street
According to police, at around 3:15 pm, Christopher McCormack, 56, approached a woman near Greeley Square Park, and without provocation, pushed a 56-year-old Asian woman to the ground forcibly.
McCormack was shouting anti-Asian statements during the assault. He fled the scene, but was captured on Sunday at a home on Borden Avenue in Queens.
The victim suffered minor injuries and refused medical treatment. The NYPD is treating the assault as a hate crime.
