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There were some concerns about bullying and hate crimes at area schools.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office plans to use its audit authority to review the reporting of hate crimes at the Division of Criminal Justice Services, according to a letter released Friday.

JP Updates article on a Jewish student assaulted in an apparent hate crime at Medgar Evers College, quoting BP Adams.

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A law - enforcement expert told CNN that the FBI was most likely involved to investigate the case as a possible hate crime since it occurred at a church.

An Associated Press investigation last year found at least 2,700 city police and county sheriff's departments that repeatedly failed to report hate crimes to the FBI.

don't understand how you arrived at calling religion a «hate» crime but can only surmise that you are an angry individual because you lack faith and lack the faculties thereof.

Jihad would be waged back against atheists and they would be labeled by most as pure haters and be charged with a hate crime minimally, unless Islam declared a Jihad back at them which might be really bad.

Of course I was arrested for a hate crime and he was not arrested at all even though he assaulted me.

Defending Shepard as having been the victim of «a brutal, anti-gay hate crime,» a spokesperson for the Matthew Shepard Foundation denounced Jimenez's claims in a statement to The Huffington Post at the time of the release of The Book Of Matt.

They look at things like the Koran burning, WBC's hate campaign, the nastiness directed toward LGBTs, weekly arrests of pastors and priests for various crimes and so on and ask how this looks like Jesus.

Muslims, including lifelong U.S. citizens, are being detained at airports for no other reason than their faith, and law enforcement officials report a surge in hate crimes against them.

The Council on American - Islamic Relations in Kansas is asking for Purinton to be charged with a hate crime both federally and at the state level «in order to send a strong message that violence targeting religious or ethnic minorities will not be tolerated.»

The new hate crime statistics show anti-Jewish bias remains far and away the most prevalent form of hate crime directed at a religious group.

Moreover, the fundamental error in the judge's statement can be seen by the simple expedient of a counter example: should a white supremacist attack an African American man it would be considered a hate crime without regards to what anyone was saying at the time.

- In Hayward, California, police arrested two teens and charged them with committing a hate crime after worshipers said the boys threw lemons at them during prayer.

Police in the UK are treating an alleged racist attack on Raheem Sterling at Manchester City's training ground as a hate crime.

Also at 12:30 p.m., Make the Road New York, Queens Councilman Daniel Dromm and allies hold a press conference in Jackson Heights to denounce hate crimes and demand acceptance for LGBTQ residents, following an anti-gay hate crime that occurred Wednesday, Manhattan.

«We therefore call on the police to confirm that they will prosecute under «hate crime» any individual or group who seeks to intimidate our supporters and candidates or at least under the Public Order offence under Section 4, 4A or 5 of the 1986 Public Order Act,» they added.

«At the same time, over the last year, there's been a 40 percent increase in hate crimes against transgender people and a record 25 transgender people killed because of violence nationwide, including here in New York.

The Home Affairs Committee heard harrowing evidence of hate crimes following the Brexit vote at its latest hearing into the issue.

Jury selection began yesterday in the trial of two of the three former University at Albany students accused of fabricating a racially motivated hate crime on a CDTA bus last year.

«Given the horrifying anti-LGBT hate crime recently in the Bronx where four people were brutally attacked, the bullying of Tyler Clementi which led him to take his own life, and the recent rash of suicides by at least seven LGBT youth, Mr. Paladino should be ashamed for his hateful and backward remarks,» said Quinn, who also defended Cuomo's record on LGBT rights.

At 10:30 a.m., Assemblywoman Nily Rozic hosts a briefing with the Anti-Defamation League on hate crimes recognition and response, state Capitol, Room 347M, Albany.

Following a divisive presidential campaign characterized at times by racially charged rhetoric, more New Yorkers have been signing up for self - defense and hate - crime intervention classes.

«Hate crimes is something that we've always looked seriously at, but the increasing of penalties for certain classes, we've started to have problems with that, because we don't want to make it seem like one person's life or the crime that happens to them should have a stiffer penalty than say you or I. So, those have been some of the challenges that we've had.

Cops with the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force, along with cemetery officials, took a closer look at the property Sunday, as NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill called the incident «a great concern.

Just look at the 500 % increase in race hate crimes after Brexit.»

PRESS RELEASE: The following is a statement from Council Member Leroy Comrie on the arrest of Ray Lazier Lengend, who has been charged with a hate crime after confessing to throwing five molotov cocktails at various businesses and religious institutions.

Nearly four dozen headstones were found toppled at a Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn over the weekend, leading cops to initially suspect a hate crime — then defer to cemetery officials who dismissed foul play, saying the aging headstones fell long ago from disrepair.

Former senior police chief and Lib Dem home affairs spokesperson Brian Paddick said he was shocked by the revelations and is worried that it could put vulnerable people at higher risk of hate crimes.

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And New York State Senator Brad Hoylman announced there would be a public forum on June 14 at the Senate Hearing Room «to assess the efficacy of New York State's Hate Crimes Law, how state and local government agencies are implementing and enforcing the Law, and whether amendments should be considered to expand the data collection, statistical reporting, law enforcement training requirements and / or otherwise further the Law's goals.»

Cuomo chose to come to Israel at a time when hate crimes, threats and anti-Semitism are on the rise in America and in New York.

We need to be able to at the very least keep guns out of the hands of someone convicted of a hate crime.

At the same time, New Yorkers can report hate crimes by texting «HATE» to 81336, which would direct them to the state Division of Human Righate crimes by texting «HATE» to 81336, which would direct them to the state Division of Human RigHATE» to 81336, which would direct them to the state Division of Human Rights.

Also at 2 p.m., Sen. Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, NYC Councilman Ritchie Torres and Muslim and Jewish leaders rally against recent hate crimes, Bronx Muslim Center, 702 Rhinelander Ave., the Bronx.

At 7 p.m., Sen. James Sanders condemns the burning of 40 Jhandi flags — symbols are typically used at the culmination of Indo - Carribean Hindu prayer rituals — that took place on Thanksgiving morning during an anti-hate rally to promote peace and denounce hate - based crimes and violence, corner of 89th Avenue and 80th Street, Woodhaven, QueenAt 7 p.m., Sen. James Sanders condemns the burning of 40 Jhandi flags — symbols are typically used at the culmination of Indo - Carribean Hindu prayer rituals — that took place on Thanksgiving morning during an anti-hate rally to promote peace and denounce hate - based crimes and violence, corner of 89th Avenue and 80th Street, Woodhaven, Queenat the culmination of Indo - Carribean Hindu prayer rituals — that took place on Thanksgiving morning during an anti-hate rally to promote peace and denounce hate - based crimes and violence, corner of 89th Avenue and 80th Street, Woodhaven, Queens.

Also at 2 p.m., Rep. Nydia Velazquez participates in NYPD hate crimes forum, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, conference room, 62 Mott St., 2nd floor, Manhattan.

«Disability hate crime strikes at all disabled people by undermining their sense of safety and security in the community.

I have affiliated at a time when racism, misogyny, hate crime, division, inequality, so many things that are bad in the world are on the rise.

The bills would create a specified offense for graffiti hate crime, stiffer penalties for damaging property at a house of worship or cemetery and blocking college groups from participating in a boycott of Israel.

At 3:30 p.m., New York City Council members Barry Grodenchik and Paul Vallone host a rally to address the rise in hate crimes and anti-Semitism, Samuel Field Y, 58 - 20 Little Neck Parkway, Queens.

For more than two hours hours, Capital Region Democratic Rep. Paul Tonko took questions at a town hall meeting on, among other topics, environmental policies pushed by Trump, the manufacturing workforce, efforts to repeal of the Affordable Care Act and hate crimes that have gained considerable attention since the election.

Cuomo announced the measures, which includes a text messaging feature for the Division of Human Rights to report hate crime incidents, after yet another round of bomb threats Jewish Community Centers and at the headquarters of the Anti-Defamation League in New York City.

Bills that are aimed at curtailing hate crimes in New York passed on Tuesday in the Republican - controlled Senate.

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Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation at alarming rates, Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Council Member Andrew Cohen and Congressman Eliot Engel, in partnership with the Riverdale YM - YWHA, joined members of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and other community leaders to condemn the disturbing acts during a rally at the Riverdale YM - YWHA Thursday night.

UNITED AGAINST HATE: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND RIVERDALE JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS RALLY AGAINST RECENT WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM Senator Klein highlights the IDC's Religious Freedom Package aimed at combatting hate crimes Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-HATE: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND RIVERDALE JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS RALLY AGAINST RECENT WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM Senator Klein highlights the IDC's Religious Freedom Package aimed at combatting hate crimes Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-hate crimes Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-...]

At 11 a.m., Assemblyman Ron Castorina, NYC Councilmen Joe Borelli and Steven Matteo, and Founder and President of Blue Lives Matter NYC Joe Imperatrice introduce the «Blue Lives Matter» bill making the assault of a police officer a hate crime, 122 Precinct, 2320 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island.

At 8:30 a.m., NYC Councilmen Jimmy Van Bramer and Costa Constantinides hold a press conference denouncing Astoria anti-Muslim hate crimes and call on the community to come forward with information, 33 - 55 10th St., Queens.