Overview

• The assaults occurred on West Drive near 62nd Street around 1:20 a.m. and near 93rd Street around 1:50 a.m., according to the NYPD.
• Police say an 18-year-old was punched, kicked and strangled in the first attack, while a 37-year-old was thrown to the ground and bitten on the ear in the second.
• Both men were taken to Mount Sinai Morningside in stable condition, according to local reports.
• Luciano was arrested around 2:50 a.m. near the second scene and later hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation, police said.
• He faces two counts each of assault and criminal obstruction of breathing, and police said the victims did not know him or each other.