REVEALED: Subway hammer attacker, 48, has a long rap sheet with 47 arrests and was released from prison in June after serving six years for robbery
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An Asian man was attacked on Tuesday evening by an assailant in a wig and purple lipstick on the 14th Street subway platform in New York City
On Wednesday, NYPD arrested Christian Jeffers, 48, who identifies as a woman, and charged them with second-degree assault
The 29-year-old victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital with head injuries, but is expected to make a full recovery
Jeffers has long criminal record that includes 47 arrests and was recently released from prison after a robbery conviction
NYPD officials say the victim got into an argument with another man after they bumped into one another
NYPD is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime – after anti-Asian crime soared by 343 percent during the Covid pandemic
As of February 27, hate crimes targeting all minorities, not just Asian-Americans, were up more than 142 percent compared with the same period last year