Exclusive | Finance expert, son of Florida judge accused of sucker-punching NYC eye doc, 2 health-care staffers in NJ

A New York financial consultant and son of a Florida judge allegedly barged into the office of an Upper East Side optometrist and knocked him out cold, then fled to New Jersey where he sucker-punched two other health-care workers — breaking one’s jaw and nose.Dr.Ron Goldstein, 63, not only suffered a bloody head injury requiring eight stitches, but is dismayed that detectives classified the attack as only a misdemeanor — a decision critics call an attempt to keep NYC’s crime numbers down.

The NYPD never arrested the disturbed suspect, who was identified thanks to swift actions by Goldstein’s staff and daughter.“I would like this guy to be charged with the appropriate crime that he committed against me,” Goldstein told The Post.“If someone’s going to attack me, they should certainly have to face the consequences.”The shocking assault against Goldstein occurred on Oct.

17, when a man swept past the receptionist at his office on E.77th Street, burst into a room where the eye doctor was examining a female senior citizen, and punched him to the floor, knocking him unconscious for several minutes.

He suffered a huge bump on his head, and a gash where his eyeglasses smashed onto his face. The assailant then casually left.“I never actually saw him,” Goldstein said.

“I was staring at a retinal image and had a patient in front of me.He came right behind me and hit me in the back of the head.

The reason I know that is because I saw it on videotape afterwards.”The office manager and a technician dashed outside and snapped photos of the assailant as he inserted ear pods, picked up his cell phone and walked calmly down the block, they said.Goldstein’s 25-year-old daughter, Tai, posted the photos in a TikTok video asking anyone who recognized the suspect to call her or police.“We cannot let this disgusting human being roam the streets of New York freely,” she pleaded.In less than a day, she received “an overwhelming response” from people...