N.Y. man robbed at pay phone

A New York man was robbed at a pay phone in Harmans yesterday by a man with a gem-studded bandanna, county police said.

Daniel Bruce Mooney of Governors Island told police he was making a call near Old Telegraph and Dorsey roads at 1:10 a.m. when a man dressed in black and wearing a black bandanna decorated with gems walked up to him and asked his name.

Mr. Mooney said he ignored the man and finished the call but that when he turned around, the man stuck something into his ribs and asked what he had in his pocket.

Mr. Mooney pulled out his wallet, and the man grabbed it and ran west on Old Telegraph Road, police said.