An elderly woman was robbed and attacked in an elevator of a Greenwich Village building, authorities said.
The 85-year-old woman was followed into the building on West 13th Street near West 4th Street on Saturday at 10:50 p.m., police said.
The suspect knocked the woman over and then stole cash and other belongings from her, police said.
The victim was not badly injured, cops said. The thief is around 35 years old, about 6-foot-2 and between 200 and 230 pounds, police said.