The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an anti-gay assault that took place in a corner deli in Glendale on the morning of Monday, Sept. 8.

Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress in the New York Deli Grocery at 73-01 88th St., where a 47-year-old woman was waiting in line at around 6:35 a.m.

She got into a verbal altercation with a stranger that escalated into violence when the man shouted an anti-LBGTQIA+ statement and punched her in the face. He stormed out of the deli and was last seen running off northbound on 88th Street toward Cooper Avenue. He remains at large. The victim sustained minor injuries as a result of the attack, including pain and swelling to her face. Council Member Joann Ariola, who represents the neigh

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