Whacko beats down NYC doorman, 71, who called him ‘sir’ as he pleaded for mercy

A whacked-out maniac beat down a beloved 71-year-old doorman who blocked him from trespassing in a Manhattan building – as the kindly worker still politely called him “sir” as he pleaded for his life.

Nicolaie Lica – known as “George” by residents of his building on West 88th Street – told The Post he was working in the lobby of the building around midnight March 8 when Moshe Dardashty, 29, strolled in and said he wanted to visit a seventh-floor apartment.

Lica – who had worked in the building since 1998 – initially directed Dardashty toward the elevator banks before he recognized him as a man that a coworker had warned him was not welcome on the grounds.

“I ran after him. I met him in front of the elevator. I told him, ‘Sir, I’m very, very sorry. I cannot permit you to go up,’” Lica said in an interview from his home in the Bronx on Wednesday…

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