NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police are searching for two female suspects in separate attacks this month, including one in which a woman was shoved to the ground in Manhattan and another in which a man was punched in the face on a city bus in Brooklyn.
In the most recent attack on the Upper East Side on Nov. 5, an 82-year-old woman was walking on East 61st Street around 3:20 p.m. when a woman shoved her, police said.
The victim was injured in the fall to the ground but declined medical attention.
In an unrelated attack in Crown Heights on Nov. 14, a 71-year-old man was aboard a B46 bus at Union Street and Utica Avenue around 5:30 p.m. when a woman got into an argument with him.
During the dispute, she punched him in the face, causing him to fall forward and hit his head on a bus pole, police said. The victim was hospitalized at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in stable condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.