Anti-Semitic attack on 86th Street
A 21-year-old man was attacked on 86th Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues Dec. 26.
Blake Zavadsky and a friend were outside Foot Locker at 10:45 a.m. when a man approached them and made anti-Semitic remarks. Zavadsky, who is Jewish, was wearing an Israel Defense Forces sweatshirt and the man punched him several times when he refused to take it off, according to the New York Post.
EMS treated Zavadsky at the scene. NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the attack.