Oct. 18, 2024 By Matt Tracy The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx are in the thick of the WNBA finals, drawing the best WNBA TV ratings in a whopping 23 years. But basketball was the last thing on the minds of Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife, Marta Xargay Casademont, when they…
Tag: hate-crime
Community calls for unity after LGBTQIA+ memorial bench for Brooklyn teen defaced
Oct. 11, 2024 By Adam Daly The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the desecration of a Bay Ridge memorial bench dedicated to the life of a local LGBTQIA+ teen. The bench, painted in the colors of the progressive Pride flag, was installed along Shore Road in memory of Megan Alano, who died…
Man smashes windows, statues during attack on Bensonhurst church
Jun. 12, 2024 By Adam Daly
Police arrested a 30-year-old man outside of a Bensonhurst church Monday after he allegedly vandalized statues and windows at the Catholic house of worship.
Homicide, hate crimes and grand larceny auto rose in Brooklyn in May, stats show
Jun. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Violent crimes often spike in the summertime, and as the mercury rose in Brooklyn last month, so too did the crime rate in some parts of the borough, according to the latest NYPD data.
Man charged with hate crimes after allegedly attempting to run down men outside Flatbush yeshiva
May. 30, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A man was arrested and charged with multiple hate crimes on Wednesday after he allegedly attacked a group of men outside a private Jewish school in East Flatbush.
Man sought by police after hammer attack on Brooklyn church
Apr. 5, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Police are looking to identify the man who took a hammer to the window of a Sunset Park church late last month.
Vandals damage stained glass window, crucifix at Marine Park church: NYPD
Feb. 7, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Marine Park church was vandalized last month in what police have now deemed a hate crime.
Cops search for man who left antisemitic symbol in front of Midwood home
Feb. 2, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Cops are asking for help identifying a man they say left a book with a hateful cover on the stoop of a Midwood home.
Two Sunset Park menorahs vandalized in possible anti-Jewish hate crime: NYPD
Dec. 11, 2023 By Adam Daly
Detectives are investigating the vandalism of two public menorahs in Sunset Park as hate crimes, according to the NYPD.
Brooklyn councilmember backs calls for DA to drop assault charges against Bensonhurst father
Oct. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
Council Member Justin Brannan has backed community calls on the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office to drop the assault charges against a Bensonhurst father who was arrested for allegedly protecting his 13-year-old son from an adult attacker last month.