New York University sent out an alert warning students and faculty to be on the lookout after an administrator was punched in the face near campus in broad daylight, the latest random attack to plague Manhattan.

The 27-year-old administrator was walking near Washington Square Park North around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when a stranger approached her on the sidewalk and punched her on the right side of the face. No words were exchanged.

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