Hikind Slams Manhattan DA Over Hate Suspect's Bail
Staff Report Two judges and the Manhattan district attorney were too soft on a man suspected of anti-Semitic hate crimes, Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind said on Thursday.David Haddad was released on...
View ArticleADL Hails Drop in FBI Hate Crimes Stats, Though Still 'Far Too Many'
The Anti-Defamation League welcomed an FBI report showing a decrease in hate crimes over the past 10 years but said there were still “far too many” such crimes. There were 6,222 hate crimes reported...
View ArticleHate Crimes Charges Against Suspect In Williamsburg Mezuzah Burnings
Adam Dickter and JTA After extensive questioning, police have charged Ruben Ubiles, 34, of Bedford-Stuyvesant with burglary, arson and criminal mischief as felony hate crimes, as well as reckless...
View ArticleThompson Calls For More Resources To Fight Hate Crimes
Adam Dickter Assistant Managing Editor More cameras, better education could stem acts like Jackie Robinson vandalism, says mayoral contender. Calling for the "cowards" who defaced a statue of...
View ArticleHate Crimes Undercount Feared
Adam Dickter Assistant Managing Editor Jews were the targets of far more religion-based hate crimes than any other group in 2012, according to just-released statistics from the FBI.read more
View ArticleEx-N.Y. Cop Arrested For Anti-Semitic Graffiti
JTA A former New York policeman was arrested for allegedly spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn.read more
View ArticleOrthodox Jews, Kosher Market Hit By Paintballs In Brooklyn
JTA Police are searching for suspects who targeted a kosher market and some Orthodox Jewish individuals in Brooklyn with a paintball gun.read more
View ArticleChasidic Students Not Target Of Midtown Firebombing; Arrest Made
Amy Sara Clark Deputy Managing Director 53-year-old man charged with attempted murder, throwing Molotov cocktail at midtown street corner. Police have arrested a man on charges of attempted murder for...
View ArticleCouncil Mulls Hate Crime Bill
Amy Sara Clark Deputy Managing Editor Diverse coalition pushes for NYPD to add bias category to weekly ‘compstat’ reports.The City Council is considering a bill that would require the NYPD to include...
View ArticleJewish Man Beaten, Robbed In Orthodox Neighborhood Of Brooklyn
JTA A Jewish man was hospitalized after being beaten and robbed in a New York City neighborhood with a large Orthodox Jewish population.read more
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