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Hate Attack at Columbus Circle
Straphanger Assaulted at 59th Street The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault and a possible hate crime in the Columbus Cirlce subway station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice September 6, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a man who slugged a straphanger on a train at Columbus Circle while spouting hate. At around 4:45 pm on August 17, a 29-year-old man was riding a northbound A Train. Cops said a man walked up to the straphanger and began yelling “derogatory anti-LGBTQ remarks.” Then the man spouting hate punched the straphanger in the face. When the train pulled into the 59th Street and Columbus Circle station, the attacker ran out of the subway car. The victim suffered pain to his face and back and sought medical attention. Cops said he went to NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center for treatment. The case is being investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force. The NY...
