Crime & Safety
Yeshiva On The Lower East Side Vandalized, Cops Say
Someone scrawled graffiti onto a Yeshiva building on the Lower East Side, police said.
LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — Someone scrawled graffiti onto a Yeshiva on the Lower East Side, police said.
The Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim building at 145 East Broadway was vandalized over the weekend with what looked like clown face, the word "evil" and a string of letters and numbers that looked like a racial slur, police said.
Cops said it occurred sometime between 2 p.m. Friday and 9 p.m. Saturday — possibly during Shabbas, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a tweet linking to The Yeshiva World, which first reported the incident.
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The graffiti is being investigated as a "possible bias incident," and the NYPD's Hate Crimes unit is investigating, NYPD officials said.
The NYPD and its Hate Crimes Unit are investigating graffiti scrawled on the Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim building during Shabbas. If you have any information, please call 1-800-577-TIPS.
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— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) August 25, 2019
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