NYU student hit, shoved to the ground in shocking random attack on way to class

An NYU student was thrown to the ground while walking to class in Lower Manhattan on Monday morning – with the shocking and unprovoked attack caught on surveillance video.

“I just really want to emphasize how not ok this is. I am a student at NYU. I should not be scared to be walking the street to go to my 9:30 a.m. class,” Amelia Lewis emotionally recounted in a video shared on X along with footage of the assault.

“It’s honestly a really hard watch,” she added.

The chilling clip shows the thug following the student as she crossed Broadway, before he comes up behind her, strikes her and shoves her to the ground.

The brute then walks off as onlookers stare in shock.

“I’m honestly still in shock, but I’m more enraged that things like this are able to happen in this city, and we really need to do something about it because this is unacceptable,” Lewis said. “This just shows that you really need to reflect on who you’re voting for and supporting right now, because New York needs help and we’re just not getting the help we need and this is crazy.”

There doesn’t appear to be a complaint on file with the NYPD, however, cops are investigating the incident, according to sources.

The student said her attacker was “a tall white male with tall brunette hair and a long brunette beard, and is wearing grey sweatpants and a big black fur jacket and a blue towel around his neck.”