Swastikas Found in Queens Parks on Mother's Day After Synagogues, Homes Targeted Last Week, NYPD Says
Police found 11 swastikas at two Queens sites as the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force investigates a new wave of antisemitic vandalism.
- On Sunday, New York City Police Department officers discovered 11 red swastikas spray-painted across Highland Park and Forest Park in Queens, investigating the vandalism as a potential bias incident.
- These discoveries follow a separate wave of antisemitic graffiti targeting synagogues, private homes, and vehicles in Flushing and Forest Hills just one week ago, with police releasing surveillance images of four suspects.
- Recent data shows Jews were targeted in 60 percent of all confirmed hate crimes last month, despite comprising only 10 percent of the city's population, continuing a surge throughout New York City this year.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced the vandalism as a "deliberate act of antisemitic hatred," assigning the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate the incidents.
- Senator Chuck Schumer stated "there is absolutely no place in our city for this type of vile antisemitism," as community leaders call for increased education and accountability to counter the escalating climate of fear.
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NYC officials outraged as more acts of antisemitic vandalism reported
Editor's note: The video above aired in an earlier broadcast. QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — Over the weekend, two more acts of antisemitic vandalism took place. Swastikas were spray-painted on park signs and in a park underpass, the NYPD announced on Tuesday. This comes on the same day a rally was held at Yellowstone Park with [...]
More swastikas found spray-painted at parks across NYC: ‘We will not accept this as normal’
In the first antisemitic act, five swastikas were found painted on the ground, over signs and other objects at the corner of Highland Boulevard and Vermont Place near the Ridgewood Reservoir, cops said.
‘Antisemitism Crisis in America’: Swastika Graffiti Again Appears Across New York City Boro
Swastikas graffitied in Forest Park in Queens, New York City over the weekend. Photo: Screenshot. Antisemitic vandals in Queens, New York City are painting the town Nazi red, having added over the weekend two new incidents of swastika graffiti to a spree of hate crimes targeting Jewish institutions and homes across the borough. As seen in photographs shared on social media, the unknown suspects graffitied some eleven swastikas at Highland Park a…
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