Gov. Hochul heard firsthand from people affected by hate crimes in Manhattan on Thursday ahead of remarks touting a bill package that would add 31 offenses to the state’s statute of hate crimes, including first-degree murder, rape, graffiti vandalism and arson. Hochul praised the proposed bill package dubbed “The Hate Crime Modernization Act” at a press briefing at John Jay College of Criminal ...
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