The attack happened on Monday evening at 6 p.m. inside of a nail salon at West 36th Street and Broadway.
Police say that the man sexually assaulted and bit a 34-year-old woman while trying to rape her.
She was able to fight him off and she was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
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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