Beating Of Disabled Man In Chelsea Probed As Possible Hate Crime
The NYPD is looking for a man who allegedly beat a disabled man while shouting a homophobic slur Monday afternoon in Chelsea.
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The NYPD is looking for a man who allegedly beat a disabled man while shouting a homophobic slur Monday afternoon in Chelsea.
The New Covenant Church pastor discovered the front vestibule had been smashed, with shards and chucks of glass strewn across the entrance.
Police say an African American aid parking her vehicle with a special needs person in the back was subjected to harassing racial threats from 45-year-old Jennifer Velez.
The vandals appear to be worried about who might move into a vacant home that's for sale in Rockland County.
The man allegedly made anti-Asian and anti-gay remarks during a recent attack.
Police said Angela M. Jones, 26, of Newark, was arrested at her home in Fairmont on Wednesday.
Police say Robin Rhodes, of Worcester, attacked Muslim employee Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, at the Delta Sky Lounge in late January.
This recent incident comes amid a rash of reports of anti-Semitic graffiti across the Tri-State area.
In both cases, the victims were first asked their race and ethnicity before being punched in the face, police said.
Yasmin Seweid, 18, was last seen leaving her New Hyde Park home on Wednesday, police said.
Around 10 p.m. Thursday, she got on the 6 train at East 23rd Street and Park Avenue after leaving a school event at Baruch College.
Congressman Steve Israel has proposed a toll-free national hate crime hotline.
The massacre that killed five police officers in Dallas last week has a New Jersey legislator looking to stiffen punishment for those who attack members of law enforcement.
According to investigators, the suspect was seen slashing tires in Crown Heights last week.
Photos of the images reveal a swastika next to a Jewish star above the words "It's a vicious cycle."
The stickers were found on two street signs along Salisbury Drive.
A former Suffolk County police sergeant was sentenced for a second time this year, after being found guilty of pulling over Hispanic drivers and stealing from them.
Five boys were arrested this week after allegedly torching a school bus for a Jewish school for girls in Brooklyn.
The NYPD is searching for three teen suspects in connection to a violent attack on a 19-year-old victim in Queens.
The NYPD on Friday was investigating a possible hate crime in Brooklyn that was caught on camera.
The call comes following the stabbing of a 25-year-old Hasidic man on Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights Wednesday afternoon.
Police say the assault occurred at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn Wednesday evening after a final exam.
Dainton Coley, 33, is charged with acting in a manner injurious to a child, second-degree aggravated harassment (race-religion), third-degree menacing as a hate crime and menacing.
Police on Monday night were investigating an alleged hate crime in Brooklyn that was caught on security video.
One of the victims, a 17-year-old boy, told authorities the suspects shouted "You Jewish guys, we'll shoot you!" before they fled in a car.
