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VINnews · Sep 3, 2026

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*🇺🇸-Hasidic Man Punched Near Diamond District As Attacker Yells Slurs* A Hasidic man was walking Street and Sixth Avenue in Midtown Monday evening when a man walked up, grabbed his hat, and punched him in the temple. The attacker shouted antisemitic slurs, then snatched the victim’s phone and threw it on the ground before running off. The punch left bruising on the side of the victim’s head. Bystanders and Manhattan Shomrim helped track the suspect. NYPD arrested him and charged him with robbery and hate crime assault. He was released without bail the same day. The attack happened in the Diamond District, steps from Rockefeller Center. New NYPD numbers released today show hate crimes up nearly 16 percent so far this year. More than half of those confirmed cases targeted Jewish New Yorkers. *VINnew’s Take:* An arrest is the minimum. Letting him walk out the same day is why people in the community keep asking if anyone is actually treating these attacks like they matter.

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