Asian Woman Harassed And Spit On While Walking On The UWS: Police

Upper West Side NY

28 July, 2021

12:42 PM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A 26-year-old Asian woman was walking on the Upper West Side when a person approached her, spit in her face, and made anti-Asian remarks, police said. The woman was walking at the intersection of West 60th Street and Broadway around 8:40 p.m. on Sunday when the unprovoked harassment happened, a police spokesperson told Patch. The New York Police Department released photos Tuesday night of the woman wanted in connection to the harassment, who a spokesperson said fled the scene. Photo courtesy of the New York Police DepartmentThe 26-year-old woman refused medical attention after the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).