An Asian man was stabbed in lower Manhattan on Thursday night, police said.
The 36-year-old victim was stabbed in the torso around 6:20 p.m. near Manhattan Federal Court on Worth Street, authorities said.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital and was listed in serious condition Thursday night.
The suspect fled on foot.
Hours later, police said they took a 23-year-old man to prison for the stabbing. The suspect had three previous arrests.
Assemblyman Yuh-Line Niou, whose district covers the area where the stabbing occurred, he said on Twitter that, preliminarily, the attack does not appear to be a hate crime.
The lawmaker said the Asian working group on hate crimes will help in the investigation.
The working group was set up last August as a result of an increase in hate crimes against Asians during the COVID-19 pandemic.