The NYPD says two people jumped out of their SUV on 34th Avenue near 70th Street in Jackson Heights on Friday.
They punched and kneed the 81-year-old victim before taking his messenger bag, cellphone, and cash.
Emergency responders took the man to Elmhurst Hospital with broken ribs, lacerations, and bruising.
The suspects got away.
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