Stroller-Pushing Menace Shoves UES Grandmother To The Ground: NYPD

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A stroller-pushing madman randomly shoved a 64-year-old to the ground on Saturday afternoon on a quiet Lenox Hill block, police said.

And according to multiple reports, this is just the latest attack by the violent man, who has been targeting and attacking neighborhood women all summer, often while simultaneously pushing a child in a stroller.

The most recent attack on Saturday happened on East 77th Street between Lexington and Third avenues about 3:30 p.m, police said.

A 64-year-old woman, who the New York Post reports is a 50-year resident of the city and a grandmother, was shoved to the ground by the menacing man, causing her to scrape her knee.

According to the Post, the grandmother said, similar to other attacks, the man was pushing a stroller with a child inside of it.

The man is between 25 and 35, stands about 5 foot 9 inches, and has a slim build, police said.

The series of attacks, initially reported in a first-person article published by East Side Feed, reportedly includes ramming passerby's intentionally with the stroller, often containing a child, pushing people, spitting and otherwise attacking people — and their pets.

Another attack reported happened on Friday when a woman was randomly shoved by the man on East 95th Street and Third Avenue, reports the New York Post, just a day before the incident described by police.

“It was like completely on purpose," the victim, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Post. "And I was shocked because he had a baby with him."

According to East Side Feed, more than 40 reports of this man menacing neighbor were found online and on social media.

Many victims are in disbelief that the police haven't acted on numerous tips to protect neighbors from the aggressive man, or to protect the innocent child in the stroller.

“I was attacked by him about 4-6 weeks ago," victim Veronica Poloneitchik told East Side Feed. "Called 911, followed him, guided police to stop this guy, but they did absolutely nothing,"

"The repeated and alarming acts of aggression perpetrated by the same individual mainly against women and children will not be accepted in our community," local City Council Member Julie Menin told East Side Feed in a statement. "My office has contacted the NYPD to ask for a thorough and expeditious investigation."

Council Member Keith Powers, who represents the western half of neighborhood, said that a detective at the 19th Precinct has now been assigned to the case.

The incident report and photo sent Wednesday was the first official acknowledgement from the NYPD of their interest in the man — and only cites Saturday's shove, despite many victims telling East Side Feed that they had also reported their attacks to the 19th Precinct.

And according to the New York Post, the man is already known to police.

Police sources told the storied tabloid paper that the man has a lengthy criminal history, including 11 arrests, one as recently as December, reportedly for an assault on a 68-year-old man in a store on East 86th Street and Lexington Avenue.

Despite the familiarity cops have with the man, he still roams free, unnerving residents who are concerned for their own safety — and that of the child in the stroller.

“I hope he’s not abusing the child but, in any case, he’s teaching his child to abuse other people," the victim of the Sept. 8 attack told the New York Post. "It’s just really disturbing on a lot of different levels."