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Hell’s Kitchen Hate Crime Attacker Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Elderly Asian-American Woman 
Brandon Elliot, 41, has pleaded guilty to the 2021 hate crime attack on Vilma Kari, a 65-year-old woman Asian-American woman.
DA Alvin Bragg talks about how he plans to handle hate crimes in NYC
New York City prides itself on being one of the most diverse cities in the world — but being a cultural capital carries the danger of hate crimes being committed across the city.
Man pleads guilty to hate crime in brutal assault of Asian woman on NYC street
A 41-year-old man pleaded guilty to brutally assaulting a 65-year-old woman on a Midtown sidewalk while making anti-Asian statements, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced Thursday.
Florida man arrested in cold case NYC rapes from over 20 years ago thanks to new DNA tracing method
A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly raping two women in New York City more than 20 years ago after investigators used a cutting-edge genetic tracing method to link him to the crimes, authorities said Thursday.
Manhattan, Bronx rapes solved more than 20 years later by new DNA technology; Florida man charged
DNA technology never before used in New York led to the arrest of a man accused in two rapes that occurred more than 20 years ago, authorities said Thursday.
INDICTED: Man allegedly hit subway rider with wooden plank, shoved him onto tracks at City Hall station
A man was indicted on Thursday for attacking a subway passenger unprovoked with a wooden plank and pushing him onto the tracks at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station last month, prosecutors said.
Manhattan District Attorney's Office