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USA TODAY Two Asian women were attacked in New York City on Sunday by a stranger who demanded they remove their masks before striking one in the head with a hammer, police said. The two women, 31 and 29, respectively, were walking together in the 410 block of West 42nd Street at about 8:40 p.m. when a woman confronted them on the sidewalk, yelling at them to remove their masks, according to the New York City Police Department. She then struck the 31-year-old woman in the head with a hammer, w...

Hate crimes jumped in New York City during first quarter of 2021 By MINLU ZHANG in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-05 11:26   People participate in a protest to demand an end to anti-Asian violence in New York City, on April 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] Hate crimes in New York City have increased in the first quarter of this year, sparked by a dramatic increase in incidents against Asian Americans and scores of crimes against Jews, according to ...

Woman slapped, told you dont belong here in possible anti-Asian hate crime in Brooklyn subway © Provided by WINS Radio New York Suspect NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A woman was slapped in the head and told “you don’t belong here” in a possible anti-Asian hate crime on a Brooklyn subway train, police said Wednesday. The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the April 19 attack on a southbound D train near the Ninth Avenue station in Sunset Park. Police said a 50-year-old woman was...

Two Asian women attacked with cinder block in Baltimore Wilson Wong © Provided by NBC News A man was arrested after he repeatedly attacked two Asian women, ages 66 and 67, with a cinder block at a Maryland liquor store early Tuesday, police said. Daryl Doles, 50, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, police said. Authorities did not specify if the incident was being treated as a hate crime. The attack on the two Asian women unfolded shortly after midnight at a liq...

Arun Venugopal, a senior reporter for radio station WNYC’s Race and Justice Unit spoke to the prevalence of the problem both nationally and in NYC.  “These incidents are happening all over New York City and in Asian-majority neighborhoods as well. You see people getting shoved, spat upon, coughed at, harassed, called names and ethnic slurs,” said Venugopal. “This is a huge problem and the fact that it’s happening in places like Flushing, Queens, and Manhattan’s Chinatown is causing...

NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force investigates hammer attack on Asian woman near Times Square © Provided by WCBS Radio New York NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The NYPD is investigating an attack against an Asian woman near Times Square as a possible hate crime. Police said the 31-year-old victim was walking with her friend on West 42nd Street around 8:40 p.m. on Sunday night when a woman walked up to them and demanded they remove their masks. The suspect snapped and struck the victim in the head with a ha...

Hate crimes are up 73 percent in New York City and arrests for hate crime cases are up 160 percent this year compared to 2020, the New York City Police Department reported.

Jordan Burnette faces 42 charges he terrorized Riverdales Jewish community New Yorks bail reform dictates that if nobody was hurt in the attacks the suspect should qualify to be released But Bronx Judge Louis Nock classified some of the charges as hate crimes It saw Judge Nock impose $30,000 bail on the 29-year-old suspect  Four synagogues in the Riverdale district of the Bronx were targeted by the rock-hurling suspect who destroyed windows and doors at the houses of worship The suspect also c...

Bronx Man Arrested For Alleged Vandalism Spree At Riverdale Jewish Centers arrow From left to right, smashed windows at the Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale, the Riverdale Jewish Center, and the Young Israel of Riverdale in photographs taken April 25th, 2021. Twitter/@pinkhippos10 A Bronx man is facing multiple hate crime charges after waging a weeks-long vandalism spree against four synagogues and Jewish centers, police said. Jordan Burnette was arrested on Saturday, acc...

Brooklyn Oct 19, 2020 A property dispute in Brooklyn left commuters high and dry, looking for another ferry route all weekend most of the day Monday. The first ferry of the morning was supposed to depart Greenpoint Landing at 7 a.m. but city ferries skipped the Brooklyn stop until Monday evening. It was just after 4 p.m. wen the first ferry in three days…