I have no idea if the allegation is true. I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if it is a complete fabrication. I would assume it is false or at least grossly mis-portrayed in the absence of proof otherwise.
That said, even if it is true there are over two million Jews living just in the five boroughs of New York City. And over a million more in that metropolitan area. Probably 25+% are Orthodox. That’s almost a million Orthodox Jews in the region. There’s always man bites dog stories of those one in a million that makes the news. The issue is the media is anti-Orthodox and portrays the one in a million as routine.
If this had been done by a black person, Hispanic, Baptist or any other group the news would not have pointed out the ethnic, religious or nationality of the offender. That antisemitism is only reserved by the media for Jews, especially of the Orthodox variety.