Crime & Safety
E-Biker Sexually Assaults Woman On Upper West Side, Cops Say
A woman was walking on the UWS Saturday when a man attacked her from behind and pulled her to the ground, police said.

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY ā A woman walking on the Upper West Side was knocked to the ground and sexually assaulted by an e-bike rider who similarly attacked another woman an hour later, police said.
The man ran up behind a 23-year-old woman walking near Central Park West and West 82nd Street about 4 a.m., police said.
The attacker knocked her to the ground and sexually assaulted her before fleeing on an electric bike, police said.
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Disturbing video shows the man on his bike swerving behind the woman, then cuts to the moment he knocks her to the ground.
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Medics took the woman to Mount Sinai Morningside, where she was treated for cuts, police said.
The man attacked another woman about an hour later, police said.
A 28-year-old woman was walking near Avenue A and East 4th Street, when a man riding an electric bicycle hopped off his bike and grabbed her, police said.
The attacker again pulled the woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her, police said.
The woman told the police the attacker said he had a knife.
The woman also suffered cuts throughout her body and was taken to Mount Sinai Beth Israel for medical examination, police said.
There have been no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.
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