Asian Woman Randomly Attacked Outside NYC Restaurant; Incident Captured In Video

In an unprovoked attack, a man randomly punched an Asian woman in the face and knocked her to the ground outside a Chinatown restaurant in New York City Monday.

Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou, whose district covers Chinatown, shared on Twitter a segment of the surveillance video provided to her by constituents.

The 55-year-old victim was walking by the Kong Sihk Tong café when a man wearing an orange hoodie and a denim jacket hit her. The victim immediately fell backward onto the ground and was seen leaning against a post of an outdoor dining area. The attacker then kept on ranting as people around remained seated in stunned silence.

The victim looked shaken and was helped by a man. According to the police, the woman was taken to New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. Later, she was escorted by the police and her daughter to their home.

"She's doing OK," the daughter of the victim said as per the New York Post.

"She is conscious and cognizant and alert," Niou responded when asked about the woman. "Things are being investigated and the hate crimes task force has been called in."

The attacker was arrested at the scene and is under psychiatric evaluation. He has not been charged yet.

Jin Zhen, who witnessed the attack and led the police in the direction of the suspect, also spoke up about the incident.

"Can't believe I actually witnessed an attack on an Asian lady right in front of me at the heart of NYC Chinatown," Zhen wrote on his Instagram story. "When I saw the lady rolled over to the ground and went unconscious I quickly hung up on my food order and start recording the situation for evidence."

Amid increasing hate crime across NYC, Mayor De Blasio recently announced a $3 million prevention program called Partners Against The Hate to be divided among six diverse community groups.

"We need to redouble our efforts to fight hate, and we've gotta work with outstanding community leaders and organizations to reach deep into the grassroots," he said.