Police in Manhattan are searching for a man who allegedly tried to photograph under a woman’s skirt inside a Midtown subway station on Thursday morning.

According to the NYPD, the 'upskirting' incident - when someone takes a photo or video underneath another person’s skirt or dress without their knowledge or consent - happened around 11:25 a.m. on Oct. 23 at the Lexington Avenue–53rd Street station.

A 32-year-old woman told cops she was riding an escalator when a man approached her from behind, placed an electronic device under her skirt, and fled.

The suspect is described as a man last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, dark-colored pants, black shoes, and carrying a blue backpack.

In New York, up-skirting is considered unlawful surveillance and classified as a Class E felony. The crime

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