A hate crime investigation has been launched after a 25-year-old Asian American mother and her baby were spit on and called the “Chinese Virus.” The incident occurred Tuesday morning between 10:30 am and 11:30 am in or near Kissena Corridor Park in Fresh Meadows, as reported by ABC7.

The suspect has been described as a man in his 30’s, about 200 pounds and 5’5” tall.

Linda Lee, a member of the Korean Community Services Center and a young mother herself said, “I'm not surprised, to be honest. We've been hearing about a lot more of these incidents happening in broad daylight. The community doesn't feel safe at all. A lot of the seniors that we serve, they tend to be tough. Korean grandmothers, for example, tend to be very tough, have a very tough front and exterior, but at the end of the day these attacks, if they were to happen to some of our seniors, they're not going to be able to defend themselves.”

In response to the incident US Representative Grace Meng, whose district the alleged incident occurred in, said, “It is yet another incident here in New York City. Across the country, we are just hearing about these incidents all the time. This week the weather is really nice and I was thinking maybe I'll take my kids to the park, but now I'm having second thoughts myself.”

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