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Mayor Bill de Blasio called the assault “outrageous” on Twitter. “Make no mistake, we will find the perpetrator and they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” de Blasio said Saturday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday he would direct the state hate crimes task force to offer assistance in investigating the attack.
“I’m sickened to learn of yet another bigoted act of violence against an Asian American man,” the governor said in a statement. “This is not who we are as New Yorkers, and we will not let these cowardly acts of hate against members of our New York family intimidate us.”
This Friday, April 23, 2021 image from surveillance video made available by the New York City Police Department shows an unidentified individual police who are seeking after a 61-year-old Asian man was attacked in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. (NYPD via AP) world
New York police seek attacker who kicked Chinese American man in head Today 01:50 am JST Today | 06:44 am JST NEW YORK
A 61-year-old Chinese American man was attacked by a man who kicked him repeatedly in the head in East Harlem, police said.
The man was collecting cans when he was attacked from behind, knocked to the ground and kicked in the head shortly after 8 p.m. Friday. He was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical but stable condition, police said.
Asian Man Brutally Beaten In East Harlem Reportedly In Coma
arrow A photograph of Yao Pan Ma posted on Twitter by ABC7 reporter CeFaan Kim. Twitter/@CeFaanKim
A 61-year-old Asian man who was brutally attacked in East Harlem is now in a medically induced coma, according to news reports.
His family identified him as Yao Pan Ma, according to the NY Post. He was reportedly collecting cans for extra money on Friday evening on Third Avenue and East 125th Street when the NYPD says an attacker walked up from behind him and knocked him to the ground, then kicked him in the head multiple times. Emergency medical personnel took him to Harlem Hospital.