Man Robbed On Midtown Subway Platform, Police Say

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a woman wanted for robbing a man on a Midtown Manhattan subway platform.

The unknown woman approached the 43-year-old victim on the northbound B train platform at the 47-50 Streets Rockefeller Center subway station on the morning of March 11, police said. The woman then pushed the man to the ground and took his cellphone and wallet, which contained $80 cash, police said.

The accused robber then fled the subway station by running through a turnstile and out onto the street, police said.

The victim was not hurt and refused medical attention at the scene, police said.

The suspect is described as a woman in her early 20s standing around 5-foot-4, police said. She was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, brown boots and carrying a blue backpack and black and gray gym bag, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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