Gov. Andrew Cuomo said crime in New York City had become a problem Wednesday after a 55-year-old Asian woman was punched in the face in a hate crime earlier in the week.
A seemingly crazed man punched a 55-year-old Asian woman in the face in Chinatown Monday evening so hard that she collapsed to the ground in what police are describing as an unprovoked attack.
Race hate attacker, 48, is arrested after sucker punching Asian woman, 55, in the face in NYC s Chinatown
Police arrested Alexander Wright, 48, shortly after the unprovoked attack; he has now been charged with a hate crime
Asian woman, 55, was sucker-punched as she walked through Manhattan s Chinatown on Monday afternoon
Surveillance video showed the victim falling to the ground due to the force of the punch; she was rushed to hospital for treatment
Video of the attack went viral on social media amid a surge of assaults on Asian-American people