Uniting Against Local Hate Crime by Albor Ruiz - NY Daily News |
| Published: July 12, 2008, 4:28 pm |
| Tags: sikh, councilman james gennaro, richmond hill, queens, nypd, daily news, richmond hill hs |
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Read original...City Councilman James Gennaro (c.), Harpreet Toor (2nd from l.) and others listen as Hillcrest Jewish Center Rabbi Moti Fuchs (r.) speaks at meeting on hate crime in Fresh Meadows.Zero tolerance for hate crimes. That's what elected officials and religious leaders asked for on Monday in the Fresh Meadows office of City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Queens). "Vandalism and violence are terrible crimes under any circumstances, but there's a deeper cause for alarm when they're perpetrated out of ethnic or religious hate," Gennaro said. Indeed, several hate crimes against religious and ethnic groups have taken place recently in Gennaro's Council District 24. Concern about the long-term consequences - and a desire to unite his constituents against such despicable acts - prompted the councilman to call the meeting in his office. "In the past two months we've been going through a rough patch with some episodes which are much unlike our community," Gennaro said. "And I thought [ Full article ] |
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