The regression back to Fun City accelerates

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Homeless man beats, robs Good Samaritan who took the coat off his own back and draped it over him. But wait, as you’d expect in new New York City, there’s more!

1. Surveillance video of the incident shows the unidentified 59-year-old victim as he  tried to help 25-year-old Xavier Israel, who had been lying on the sidewalk at 476 5th Avenue around 8 p.m. on a particularly cold evening, footage obtained by the New York Post shows.

The victim gently places a jacket he was wearing on Israel before the homeless man springs up and pushes him into the ground.

Israel took the man's wallet from his back pants pocket while he was on the ground before fleeing the scene.  

The victim attempts to get his wallet back before Israel punches him and throws him back to the ground, video shows.   

2. The attack and robbery is the second in less than a week from Israel, who similarly attacked another Good Samaritan on Saturday, when he beat up a 49-year-old woman who was trying to offer him help outside of East 81st Street.  

The unnamed victim in that case was also pushed to the ground during the attack and received a cut on her elbow in the fall.

Israel was arrested in that incident, too, and got slapped with similar charges of assault before being released on a desk appearance ticket. 

3. The violent rap sheet shows he assaulted two other people, a man and a woman, at Central Park on January 2.   

The Post reported that Israel randomly punched the two 18-year-olds as they sat on a rock inside the park, a case where he had again been charged with assault.