NEW YORK: A man who admitted to brutally, and fatally, attacking a 61-year-old immigrant in East Harlem two years ago because the victim was Asian was sentenced to 22 years in prison Friday.
A NYC serial criminal awaiting sentencing for assault with a deadly weapon now stands accused of slashing an Asian man in the face with a razor on the subway - and he s been bailed.
Police are searching for the knife-wielding straphanger who slashed another man during a wild fight after he was accidentally bumped at a Greenwich Village subway station Sunday.
Steven Zajonc, 28, was arrested in New York City and charged with assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and harassment.