Man Wanted For Attacking New Year's Reveler In Astoria Bar: NYPD

ASTORIA, QUEENS — Police are looking for a man who attacked a reveler with a chair during a New Year's celebration in Astoria.

A 32-year-old man was inside the sports bar Twist and Smash'd about 3:30 a.m. Jan. 1 when the unidentified man came up behind him and struck him with a metal chair, according to the police.

The victim fell to the floor and hit his head, and the attacker fled the Steinway Street bar, police said.

The NYPD on Thursday released surveillance images of the suspect, who's still at large more than a month after the assault.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.