A man was charged with a hate crime after video showed an Asian woman being punched in the face unprovoked in New York's Chinatown

• Video showed a man hitting an Asian woman in the face as she walked in New York City.
• The NYPD said the attack was "unprovoked" and that the woman, 55, is in stable condition.
• Alexander Wright, 48, received charges including "assault as a hate crime," the NYPD said.

A man has been charged with assault as a hate crime after video footage showed an Asian woman being hit in the face, unprovoked, as she walked through New York City's Chinatown, police said.

A video shared on Twitter by New York State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou shows a woman walking on the street and a man then hitting her in the face. Niou said a constituent sent her the video.

-Yuh-Line Niou (@yuhline) May 31, 2021

Detective Annette Shelton of the New York Police Department told Insider in a statement the attack took place on Monday around 6:18 p.m. in front of 65 Bayard St.

"A 55-year-old female was approached by a male who punched her causing her to fall to the ground, The incident was unprovoked," Shelton said.

Shelton added that Alexander Wright, 48, was charged with "assault," "assault as a hate crime," and "criminal possession of controlled substance."

The woman is in stable condition, Shelton said.

Mia Jankowicz contributed reporting.