Shocking video shows the jaw-dropping moment when a homeless man kicked a New York City police officer onto a subway track while she and her rookie partner tried to arrest the man for fare evasion.

Officers Carolyn Anderson and rookie Elijah Pardieu were trying to arrest 25-year-old Anquando Johnson at the 125th Street subway station in Harlem just after 2am on Friday.

Joaquin Santiago. the man who filmed the altercation, said that the officers had been looking for Johnson in the station.

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Officers Carolyn Anderson and rookie Elijah Pardieu were trying to arrest 25-year-old Anquando Johnson at the 125th Street subway station in Harlem just after 2am on Friday

'He came down the stairs and they came after him,' Santiago explained to the New York Daily News. 'They were looking for him. One of them said, 'Is that him?' And he said, 'Yeah, it's me.'

He added: 'I was shocked by the whole thing, I just took out my phone and started shooting.'

The clip shows the two officers repeatedly stomping and pushing down on Johnson's legs and neck as they try to restrain him for not paying the $2.75 fee.

The clip shows the two officers repeatedly stomping and pushing down on Johnson's legs and neck as they try to restrain him for not paying the $2.75 fee

Johnson can be heard telling the officers to step on his legs and neck harder as he maneuvers his body to be able to lay on his back.

The suspect then proceeds to flail his legs at the officers before kicking Anderson and sending her back.

Anderson loses her balance and doesn't secure her footing before falling onto the track.

Santiago can be heard exclaiming in shock as a northbound train comes into the station across the platform.

Anderson retrieved her bottle from the scene before she was helped off the tracks by Santiago and another man. She suffered a fractured wrist.

The suspect then proceeds to flail his legs at the officers before kicking Anderson and sending her back falling

When Johnson was finally detained and placed on a stretcher, he allegedly began spitting at cops and shouted offensive remarks at them.

'I have needles,' he said, according to a source familiar with the incident. 'I hope you catch HIV.'

'He turned while he was being handcuffed and spit in the cops face. And this during the coronavirus,' Santiago added.

Johnson was charged with assault on a police officer, reckless endangerment and theft of service.

He has been taken to the Harlem Hospital for medical and psychological evaluation.

Anderson retrieved her bottle from the scene before she was helped off the tracks by Santiago and another man. She suffered a fractured wrist

'This video is extremely disturbing,' said Sgt. Jessica McRorie, a NYPD spokeswoman. 'The officer could have easily been killed, and as a result of this assault, the officer suffered a serious injury.'

On Monday, 6,380 employees from the nation's largest police force called out sick - a total of 17.6 percent of all employees.

While that figure is still remarkably high, it marks a consistent drop that has been ongoing since Thursday of last week, suggesting that the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak could be over in New York City.

Last Thursday, the numbers of NYPD officers who phoned out sick reached a whopping 19.8 percent. The number had been gradually increasing for 27 consecutive days, and the department was forced to install extra phone lines to keep up with the ballooning number of calls from unwell officers.

But on Friday, the number dropped for the first time, prompting police commissioner Dermot Shea to state: 'There is a light at the end of the tunnel'.