By Gus Saltonstall
Police are searching for two people who attacked and robbed a woman in Central Park earlier this month, NYPD said on Monday.
A 51-year-old woman was walking through Central Park near the new Davis Center around 2:30 p.m. on November 5, when two people on a bike rode up behind her and hit her on the back of the head, police said. The duo then forcibly removed her headphones, and fled the scene, police added.
The victim refused medical attention at the scene, NYPD said.
Here are the photos of the suspects that police released to the public on Monday.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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Mayor Mamdani? you seeing this?
This is a city with 8 million people. If you want to run it like North Korea good for you but that’s not going to change the simple fact that we will have crime and unless you want to live alone marooned on a desert island it’s something that we can deal with. The NYPD is bigger than the armed forces of some countries. It’s doing a good job. This wouldn’t even make the news when I was a kid. The incoming mayor isn’t going to lead to any catastrophe. He just wants to improve things like how we deal with the mentally ill and homeless who aren’t even criminals.
Well, he’s not the mayor…
I have news for you all it’s going to get worse. With this new mayor
Eric Adams (the cop) is Mayor.
In Israel.
Isn’t Eric Adams currently our Mayor and also wasn’t he our Mayor on November 5th when this happened?
This is all fake news there is no crime in our city!!!!!!!!!!
Sarcasm is anger sideways.
Perhaps you should also ask that of Mayor Adams, under whose administration this crime occurred.
I don’t understand.
Isn’t crime down ?
Maybe it isn’t down in broad daylight ?
Come on, OPOE. Crime being down doesn’t mean it’s non-existent.
You can check Central Park’s crime stats.
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-022pct.pdf
To a victim of crime, stats are useless.
Do anyone think these are accurate?
They are. Compared to the 80s crime was so high that incidents like this wouldn’t even move the numbers. Now it’s so low relative to then a handful of crimes look significant, which to the victims they are but overall do not indicate that there’s significant risk for the citizens. There’s more people in Central Park on any given day than reside in entire counties up north. It’s safe.
The poor dears probably had difficult lives and can’t dare to be held responsible for their behavior.
I can’t believe this is what New York has come to—a woman getting attacked in broad daylight in Central Park, of all places, at 2:30 in the afternoon! Seriously, what’s going on? If people can’t even feel safe in a spot that’s supposed to be one of the city’s main attractions, where can they? Honestly, it feels like things are just getting worse, and it makes you question what’s really being done to keep everyone safe. It’s upsetting and honestly pretty scary for anyone who lives here or just wants to enjoy the city—and please, spare me the so-called statistics.
What New York has come to? How long have you lived here? I was mugged twice in broad daylight in the 1970’s once at knife point. This is a big city. It’s a helluva lot better now than back then.
I’ve lived here for 30 years. It’s sad that your benchmark is the dreadful ’70s. Just because you went through that doesn’t mean everyone has to.
Crime is definitely up in Manhattan. I don’t care what they say with their fake statistics.
I was “sucker punched” so hard on my back on Sunday, November 16th at 1:45pm in broad daylight on a busy street, First Ave at East 75th Street. A mentally disturbed very tall young guy ran up behind me and “wham”!!! I saw stars. He was screaming something unintelligible.
He then went on to smash his fist into others on the street. These crimes go unreported, or if reported and no one was seriously injured they just drop it. I called the police. Nothing got done. CRIME IS UP!!! BE CAREFUL!!!
Is this a joke? You couldn’t go into Central Park in the 1970s at any time of day. If e-bikes were licensed and carried plates, ANY one riding one could be stopped and frisked. Vote for Priscilla’s Law! And get them OUT of Central Park altogether.
No, it is not a joke. Not sure why you think it is. I don’t care how it was in 1800s.
Could you share more information about the law and how to get involved?
But you could go into Central Park at any time of the day from 2000 to 2015. Let’s not benchmark ourselves against the worst era in living memory.
Dad we had incidents like this then too. There’s 8 million people in NYC. One mugging doesn’t mean that there’s a catastrophe.
Dismissing legit public safety concerns by mentioning conditions from 50 years ago is ridiculous. They aren’t going to give out licenses and plates. They aren’t going to stop and frisk anyone. The new Mayor isn’t going to do that. There will be less law enforcement. . You think they will stop and frisk illegals on bikes in the park? They want to close Rikers and reduce city jail space by 65 percent. That means they stop arresting people.
Stop and frisk was a major violation of constitutional and human rights. More Black males were accosted by LE than there were Black males. We have the largest prison population of any democracy also and in NYC we did a pretty lousy job overall of diversion, especially for young people.
Thanks for mentioning Priscilla’s law. If everyone rallied behind this, we could make it happen.
the evsa is disingenuous, don’t buy their nonsense..
It is getting worse and will keep doing so.
If someone is a victim of crime it is a traumatic experience and can change them forever.
What do I know, crime is down.
Did they ever catch the man who shot someone on Amsterdam Ajvenue a few days ago or the one who put the gun to the head of the woman on the 86th Street subway?
WSR, could you please follow up?
They don’t want to catch them…
It doesn’t matter if they are caught. They are released immediately. This is the main problem. And yet NYers continue voting for Alvin Bragg. Insanity.
People who commit violent felonies aren’t released. And the NYPD certainly does want to catch criminals. Bragg just thinks if you pee on a subway platform society isn’t well served by treating you like a felon.
Of course they do. What an inane comment.
Aren’t you tired to always be aggressive and rude with everyone around here?
Hey, Sam calls it like she sees it. She’s not being aggressive or rude.
Time to call the social workers.
Or the violence interrupters.
Even if they get arrested nothing will happen.
And yet Alvin Bragg was reelected with 73% of the vote. Apparently the majority of Manhattan voters approve of do-nothing DA Bragg.
I voted for Maud. Just like I voted for Liz Crotty the time before. Why do NYers have an aversion to women in powerful positions? Shame on them.
NYPD’s “Crime and Enforcement Activity Reports” have a lot to say about this issue.
This area of the Park has gone way downhill since the pandemic, and hasn’t come back. They can put as much new stuff in as they want, but when you see 40 year old men peddling around on children’s bikes all day you know you’re in a bad spot…
Are you thinking of Bromptons??
Since the pandemic, or since the crime reform and BLM? Let’s call a spade a spade.
thumbs down
There was just another violent robbery in Central Park.
Feel better!
Two future astronauts. They truly enrich our city. I don’t know what we would do without them.
can we keep biggoted twitter talking points off here?
If u arena teen in NYC these sorts of crimes will result in literally no ramifications.
The Raise the Age Law lets anyone under age 18 escape any incarceration for all but the most serious crimes. If it’s not a felony resulting in serious physical harm they’re tried in family court.
Punching someone in the face, beating them up is basically a freebie.
This isnt helping anyoke including the kids, who eventually will commit a serious felony and likely wind up in prison for killing someone.
Some on the NY Council want to raise the age again, to 25.
It has to be done in Albany. And YES, the law was a nightmare. 25? Those Councilmembers are insane, although I never heard of any such proposal. The age of culpability must go back to teenagers. They know right from wrong.
Seems there is an assault or robbery covered in WSR. weekly. Has 24th precinct increased it coverage of the UWS? BTW, The photos of the “persons of interest” are pretty graphic. Someone will surely ID them
Except that snitches get stitches.
At least in certain segments of our society.
I’m sure repeat offenders that have been released bail free on multiple occasions.
Not to blame the victim, but people have to stop wearing headphones and earbuds and staring at their phones in public. It’s always the same situation who becomes an easier target..
But you ARE blaming the victim.
I wondered how long it would take someone to post this. I’ve been robbed twice and I’ve never had headphones/earbuds or even a phone or a purse with me. How about not blaming the victim in any shape or form and focusing on the criminals who do commit these acts of violence? And if you think it’s just a ride by/grab then check out this video and imagine this happening to you or someone in your family (because it seems that no one else gives a damn otherwise). It’s from 2022, so there you go…nothing has changed.
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/woman-fights-off-moped-riding-robbers-on-upper-east-side
Thank you, I agree wholeheartedly. It is not “blaming the victim” to warn that wearing headphones and earbuds, and counseling people to STOP staring at their phones in public, is COMMON SENSE. It’s dangerous to be so oblivious to what is going on around you, and adds to antisocial behavior, to everyone’s detriment. It is stupid and pathetic to conduct oneself in this manner. Look around! Listen! Pay attention!
How dare the law abiding act freely? Do you even listen to yourself?
I grew up on the Upper West Side during the 70s. AT ALL TIMES, you should always know:
1. Who’s in front of you
2. Who’s on your right
3. Who’s on your left
4. Who’s behind you
Not meaning to “blame the victim,” but people who wear headphones in public and people who focus on texting for more than a few seconds are opening themselves up to be robbed.
I agree. No matter where you are in NYC, stay aware of your surroundings. In the 70s we had eyes on all four sides of our heads. People complain that crime is up don’t seem to know or remember what the real mean streets were actually like. It isn’t the pandemic or BLM. It’s just the way things are now.
or maybe arrest criminals and put them in jail.
Trump is going to send the national guard in.
E-bikes! Again! And used in a crime! Again! And why are e-vehicles allowed in Central Park????
When Republican Rudy Giuliani was mayor, there were over 7700 murders in the city.Lol.So please stop the false narrative that Republicans reduce crime.
If e-bike riders’s bikes had licenses the police would know exactly who the perpetrators were immediately. But somehow that seems to be beyond the abilities of both the state and the city, neither of which has passed Priscilla’s Law which would do just that. The #1 job of government is to keep the public safe. Not so much when large corporations want e-bikes unlicensed and are working to do that through their support of quasi-lobbying groups like Trans Alt.
If you want to change this call your state assembly leaders and tell them to support Priscilla’s Law!
Police DO know who the perps are; last year a high-level NYC cop reportedly claimed that a small number of individuals familiar to the department are responsible for most of the street crime.
Exactly. Better policing not excessive policing and a lot of the hysteria about the next mayor isn’t that he proposed mental illness shouldn’t be treated like a crime by unprepared LE.
I fear NY is going to go down the road to ruin which LA has. LA is almost dystopian when not in extremely high end areas and even in those area no one goes out at night. LA tried the mental-health officers, crime has skyrocketed.
If only you had statistics and sources to back up this absolutely hilarious and ridiculous claim… But you don’t, because it’s nonsense.
The Central Park Conservancy wants carriage horses banned while funding expanded speedways for e-bikes. Who could have imagined that the CPConservancy would develop a Robert Moses Raceway, the antithesis of its mission to insure a sanctuary within the City. Expect crimes using weaponized e-bikes targeting vulnerable pedestrians to skyrocket but these crimes will be underreported in manipulated stats.
And the CPC seems intent on destroying the lawns through lack of soil maintenance.
This leads to trees being uprooted in a stiff wind. Happened in Riverside Park back a couple of years.
Let’s also not forget that the CPC can’t be bothered to enforce the rule against bikes and “bikes” on pedestrian paths — this is in addition getting rid of red lights on the loop.
this is complete nonsense. where do you get this from?
It seems like every time there’s a crime, the post section is deluged by hand wringing and exclamations of horror and fear. While crime is regrettable, NYC is NOT going to get any safer than it is now and the cliched remarks about all being lost suggest that some would be better suited to small town life in Vermont.
its really turning into the comments section of the post.
It seems that these stories tend to blame the old mayor,the new Mayer and/or the cops If they are kids, what about the parents? And why are there so many angry people out there?
I blame Oscar Meyer.