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Police: Off-duty NYPD officer injured during attempted robbery on Upper East Side

By CBS New York Team

March 28, 2023 / 11:34 PM EDT / CBS New York

NYPD: Off-duty police officer assaulted in attempted robbery

NEW YORK -- An off-duty NYPD officer was injured in an attempted robbery on the Upper East Side on Tuesday.

It happened just after 9 p.m. on East 90th Street and First Avenue.

The officer was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say the suspect took off on a motorcycle.

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