A 37-year-old woman was struck in the face with a firearm and sexually assaulted while making a delivery on Staten Island this week.<\/p>\n
It happened at Dongan Hills Avenue and Jefferson Street around 6 p.m. Wednesday<\/p>\n
She went to the hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n
The suspect ran away after the attack and there are no arrests so far.<\/p>\n
Niesha Sosa says the victim was delivering a package of hair products to her apartment at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n
“Next thing you know I heard a thump as I was going down on the elevator, I heard a thump, in the hallway,” Sosa said.<\/p>\n
Sosa is still processing what happened outside her door and said if the elevator was too slow, it could have been her.<\/p>\n
“If she would have got on that elevator and I would have waited and it took too long, I would have went down the stairs,” Sosa said. “That could have happened to me.”<\/p>\n
Delivery worker safety has been an issue at NYCHA properties on Staten Island before.<\/p>\n
UPS has even changed delivery policies in the past — keeping drivers in their trucks instead of going inside at some city-run apartment complexes.<\/p>\n
Back at the Berry Houses, Sosa and other residents have a simple request that they hope will keep them safe: they want cameras in the building.<\/p>\n
It looks like residents there get their wish.<\/p>\n
About three weeks ago, it was announced that $1 million in federal funding will go to security upgrades like putting cameras in the building lobby, outside, and in the elevators.<\/p>\n
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