Sentences with phrase «well as a hate crime»

Cuomo recently launched the formation of a New York State Hate Crime Task Force with members from the New York State Police and the New York State Division of Human Rights, as well as a hate crime hotline — both apparent responses to the surge in bias attacks that followed the president's election.

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Such groups have claimed that federal hate crimes laws will silence preachers, ignoring those laws» robust protections for free speech and religious expression, as well as the experience in the many states with such protections already in place.

She says: «We've seen increased racism and Islamophobia, but also increased homophobic hate crimes and attacks, and disability hate crimes as well.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, meanwhile, expressed frustration over what he saw was a shifting set of priorities dictated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially proposed the amendments, as well as urged lawmakers to fund a hate crimes task force and back a memorandum of understanding for affordable housing money.

Biggert supported ENDA as well, backed hate crimes legislation and the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and opposed three of four DOMA amendments.

He says he's in agreement that lawmakers should get a modest pay raise, but says he wants other items finished as well, including freeing up $ 1 billion more to help the homeless and the expansion of the state's hate crimes law, and the State Police authority to enforce them.

Sanchez, previously the recruitment director for the Working Families Party, pledges to be a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, fighting for increased access to, and funding for, mental health services, as well as efforts to put an end to hate crimes in the district.

His office has sent a bulletin to law enforcement offices across the state outlining New York's hate crime law and stressing the need for law enforcement to identify possible hate crimes, as well as guidance in civil rights law.

BROOKLYN, NY — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams sent a letter to President - Elect Donald Trump last week requesting the incoming head of state to meet with Aml El Sokary, a Muslim cop who says she was the victim of a hate crime in Brooklyn on Dec. 3, as well as other members of the NYPD's Muslim Officers Society.

He says he's in agreement that lawmakers should get a modest pay raise but says he wants other items finished as well, including freeing up $ 1 billion more dollars to help the homeless and the expansion of the state's hate crimes law, and the state police authority to enforce them.

«Anthony Weiner should know better: actually, Congressman, it's NOT «okay» to condone a homophobic slur, and it's also not okay to sit by in silence as they are used in your presence... the city has experienced a rash of anti-LGBT hate crimes recently.

As text at the end of In the Fade indicates, filmmaker Fatih Akin wishes to expose the rise in nationalistic hate crimes in Germany, which parallels the troubling swell of racist atrocities in other European countries, as well as the U.S., over the last decadAs text at the end of In the Fade indicates, filmmaker Fatih Akin wishes to expose the rise in nationalistic hate crimes in Germany, which parallels the troubling swell of racist atrocities in other European countries, as well as the U.S., over the last decadas well as the U.S., over the last decadas the U.S., over the last decade.

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