Print this article Three New York men were charged with hate crimes after allegedly committing a series of crimes targeting members of the Jewish community. Haider Anjam, 20, and Ashan Azad, 19, both of Brooklyn, were arrested Wednesday on harassment charges after allegedly yelling antisemitic statements to four people outside of a synagogue, damaging a car, and assaulting two Jewish teenagers with a bat. Anjam also faces a charge of menacing as a hate crime. Danial Shaukat, 20, also of Brooklyn, was arrested on a charge of aggravated harassment as a hate crime, the New York Police Department announced Tuesday. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed state police to increase patrols at downstate synagogues, schools, and other Jewish community facilities, he said Wednesday.