Asian-American Woman Assaulted In NYC

NEW YORK (AP) – A vicious attack on an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square is drawing widespread condemnation and raising alarms about the failure of bystanders to intervene amid a rash of anti-Asian violence across the U.S. An assailant was seen on surveillance video Monday kicking the 65-year-old woman in the stomach, knocking her to the ground and stomping on her face as police say he shouted anti-Asian slurs at her. The attack happened outside an apartment building two blocks from Times Square, a bustling, heavily policed section of midtown Manhattan. Two workers who appeared to be security guards were seen on surveillance video witnessing the attack but failing to come to the woman’s aid. Their union says they called for help immediately.