Crime & Safety
UES Anti-Gay Puncher Yet To Be Caught, New Photos Released: NYPD
Police are still looking for the man who broke a man's nose in Yorkville earlier this month in what is being investigated as a hate crime.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police have yet to find the man they've tied to an anti-gay hate attack earlier this month in Yorkville, but have released new pictures they hope will help track him down.
The 21-year-old victim was attacked by a stranger spewing anti-gay slurs more than two weeks ago on June 12 at about 3 a.m. near First Avenue and East 81st Street, police said.
The stranger repeatedly punched the young man, who suffered a fractured nose and a black eye, police said.
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The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the attack.
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).
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