The assault took place at 92nd Street and First Avenue just after 3 am on Saturday according to police with the alleged attacker breaking into the apartment on the second floor of the building

Police in New York City are looking for a man suspected of breaking into an Upper East Side apartment early Saturday morning and raping a woman while she slept

The assault took place at 92nd Street and First Avenue just after 3 am on Saturday according to police The alleged attacker somehow got into the apartment on the second floor of the building and attacked the woman

Police sources say the man broke into the apartment and punched the woman in the face while she was sleeping She was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital where she was listed as in stable condition the NYPD said

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A manhunt is underway after the woman was raped at around 3am in her secondfloor apartment

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Surveillance footage from the attack was released by police on Sunday and showed the suspected rapist leaving the scene He is seen wearing a white shirt with a design on the front and a camouflage jacket

The NYPD is asking for the publics assistance in identifying the suspected rapist Anyone with information about the incident or the identity of the man are urged to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1800577TIPS or at crimestopersnypdonlineorg

This incident comes just weeks after a Montana woman was sexually assaulted in Greenwich Village subway station on Sept 15 The suspect followed the woman as she left the West 4th Street station and proceeded to chase her after she noticed him trailing behind her and ran away

He then punched and groped her while threatening her saying I dont want your phone I want to please you the attacker said as he grabbed her police said

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The woman despite being taken to the ground and bleeding from her face managed to escape the man and run away The suspect pictured in surveillance footage

There has been a spike in sexual assault cases in recent months in NYC as cases are up 13 this year as of Sept 22 compared to the same period last year

Retired NYPD Special Victims Unit Head Michael Osgood told New York Post a key factor in the increase in rapes in any community is the amount of public disorder that occurs and the level of public disorder in New York City has been increasing