GREENWICH VILLAGE — The NYPD has arrested a suspect in the September attack on a Holocaust survivor, police said on Tuesday.
Gina Zuckerman, 90, was attacked by a woman on Sept. 27 in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue as she walked from her home in Chelsea to the senior center where she volunteers daily.
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Zuckerman's attacker attempted to steal her purse from the front of the cart that she uses as a walker, but fled after Zuckerman fought her off and drew the attention of passersby who didn't buy the attacker's claims that she was the nonagenarian's home health aide.
Zuckerman sustained an injury to her arm that required several stitches.
Police said they arrested 49-year-old Lillian Maduro, who lives in The Bronx, and charged her with assault and robbery. The woman had not yet been arraigned as of Tuesday evening, according to Manhattan criminal court records.
Reached by phone Tuesday afternoon, Zuckerman said she felt "OK," but had some trepidation about having to go to court Wednesday to identify her attacker.
"I am nervous," she said. "I've never been to court in such a situation."
