Daquan Armstead, 31, was arrested just after midnight on Tuesday and charged with third-degree assault and harassment in connection with eight incidents this year.
Daquan Armstead, who is accused of punching eight different women in random attacks, was ordered held on $20,000 bail as he was arraigned on assault charges in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday.
Daquan Armstead, 31, is suspected in more than a half-dozen random attacks on women in New York City, including last week's assault on an NYU administrator in Washington Square Park.