MIDTOWN WEST, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police in Manhattan are searching for the assailant in a disturbing homophobic attack in Midtown.
Police say a man spit in a 57-year-old man's face while making anti-gay statements.
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It happened last Thursday at 7 p.m. on West 42nd Street near 10th Avenue and the attack appears to be random.
Police released a surveillance video of the man they say is involved in the attack.
The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
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Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male 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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