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A progressive city councilman under fire for making a bigoted remark about the name of a Big Apple contractor claimed this week that he received a threatening slur-filled letter from them.

They told CBS2 they are upset but not surprised, as this is the third time the Pride flag has been vandalized in Fresh Meadows, Queens.

There is new video of another hate-filled crime in New York City involving Pride flags.

Two men were caught on camera ripping a Pride flag down from a home in Fresh Meadows, the third incident of its kind to happen in the city in a week.

More Pride flags were discovered broken and torn down outside the historic Stonewall National Monument at Christopher Park in Greenwich Village.

Phoutasone Champanine, 37, of Urbana, was convicted of having 9 pounds of methamphetamine and guns in his home and a storage unit. He faces up to life in prison.

Police are searching for the vandals who damaged Pride flags at the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village over the weekend.

Phoutasone Champanine, 37, of Urbana, was convicted of having 9 pounds of methamphetamine and guns in his home and a storage unit. He faces up to life in prison.

It happened Saturday around 3:10 a.m. when the individuals were walking past the Stonewall National Monument in Christopher Park in New York City.

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