July 1, 2025 By Bill Parry
An Astoria doctor admitted he raped multiple unconscious women at his apartment and sexually abused others at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital where the gastroenterologist was employed.
Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, or Broadway, pleaded guilty Monday in Queens Supreme Court to four counts of rape in the first degree and three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree in satisfaction of the consolidated indictments against him. The sexual predator had been held without bail since his initial arrest in 2022, and his ability to practice medicine has been suspended by the state.
Cheng was arrested on December 27, 2022, for raping a woman in his apartment after she discovered videos depicting her and other women being assaulted by the doctor. The victim’s attorney approached the Queens District Attorney’s office with the information. An investigation was launched by the DA’s Special Victims Bureau, working with New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital in Flushing.