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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR- 405-11
November 11, 2011

STATEMENT OF MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG ON ANTI-SEMITIC PROPERTY CRIMES IN BROOKLYN

“New York City is home to more than 8 million of the most open and tolerant people in the world. But even here, there are occasional incidents involving actions that are hateful or vicious or both. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is actively investigating the twisted person or people who attacked cars, benches, and a sidewalk on a block of Ocean Parkway early this morning. The Hate Crimes Task Force, like so many other teams at our Police Department, is the world’s best, as today’s arrest for swastikas painted in Queens during October and early November shows. In fact, hate crimes are down nearly 30 percent citywide so far this year and are down roughly 33 percent in Patrol Borough Brooklyn South.

“The fact that this most recent attack came on the heels of the 73rd anniversary of Kristalnacht may or may not be a coincidence. Either way, this kind of hateful act has no place in the freest city in the freest country in the world.”







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Stu Loeser   (212) 788-2958



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