New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she has ordered state police to “ramp up tracking and build up fortify for communities which might be possible goals of hate crimes” following fresh threats to the Jewish and LGBTQ communities.
The transfer introduced Sunday got here an afternoon after a mass capturing at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs left no less than 5 other people useless and dozens of others injured.
“Right here in New York, violence or bigotry won’t ever be tolerated. We stand united in opposition to hate,” Hochul tweeted.
“Amid fresh threats to Jewish and LGBTQ communities, I’ve directed New York State Police to ramp up tracking & build up fortify for communities which might be possible goals of hate crimes,” she added.
NEW YORK CITY POLICE STOP ‘THREAT TO JEWISH COMMUNITY’
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks in New York Town on Sept. 20, 2022.
(Riccardo Savi/Getty Photographs for Concordia Summit)
In New York Town on Saturday, legislation enforcement introduced the arrest of 2 males in a transfer they consider “stopped a risk to our Jewish group,” in keeping with NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
A police officer exits his automotive close to a criminal offense scene at a homosexual nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Sunday, Nov. 20, the place a capturing came about overdue Saturday night time.
(AP Photograph/Geneva Heffernan)
CHARGES ANNOUNCED OVER THREATS TO NJ SYNAGOGUES, SUSPECT HAD HISTORY OF ANTI-JEWISH SENTIMENT
“After preventing and definitely figuring out the individuals of pastime,” in New York Town’s Penn Station, “the MTA PD officials carried out a seek and recovered a big looking knife,” the Metropolitan Transportation Authority stated in a remark.
The doorway to Penn Station, Madison Sq. Lawn and the James A. Foley development within the Big apple borough of New York Town.
(Reuters/Lucas Jackson)
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“An investigation into one of the vital people would later result in the restoration of an unlawful Glock 17 firearm, a 30-round mag, and a number of other different pieces,” the remark added.
Fox Information’ Andrew Mark Miller and Bradford Betz contributed to this document.