Crime & Safety
Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found In LES On Holocaust Remembrance Day
The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating anti-Semitic graffiti that was found on the Lower East Side.
LOWER EAST SIDE, NY – The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating anti-Semitic graffiti that was found on the Lower East Side on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
A custodian discovered the messages of hate around 8:30 a.m. Monday inside a co-op building on Grand Street.
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The vandalism included swastikas and curse words scrawled in the halls and on doorways.
It comes as Attorney General William Barr is set to appear in Borough Park, Brooklyn Tuesday to meet with Jewish community leaders and announce new Justice Department action on anti-Semitism.