Mar. 11, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_72252" align="alignnone" width="606"] A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with hate crime assault for an anti-gay attack in Astoria late last month. Three other suspects remain at large. Photos courtesy of the NYPD[/caption]
Mar. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry
Mar. 4, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_72086" align="alignnone" width="606"] The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force needs help in identifying four suspects in their mid-teens who shouted homophobic rhetoric while attacking two 36-year-old men in Astoria last Wednesday. Photos courtesy of the NYPD[/caption]
Mar. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry
Jan. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is now investigating a commercial burglary that took place at a Woodside house of worship during the early hours on Wednesday, Jan. 3. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City reported that the suspect entered the Shri Guru Ravi Dass Temple… Read more »
Dec. 21, 2023 By Christian Murray A 76-year-old Sunnyside man who has a long history of antagonizing residents in the condo complex where he lives has been charged with hate crimes for tagging his building with anti-Muslim slurs, authorities said. Neal Milano, who lives at 47-55 39th Pl., allegedly scrawled hate-filled messages on the walls… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld Police are searching for an unidentified woman who kicked and hurled racial epithets at another straphanger while riding a 7 train in Queens on Friday. Authorities say that at about 7:30 a.m. on Friday, aboard a Flushing-bound 7 train, a 28-year-old woman was kicked without provocation by another…
March 9, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a group of suspects who allegedly carried out a homophobic and racist attack on a man riding a 7 train in Woodside last month. The four suspects approached the 47-year-old victim — on a northbound train at the 61st Street-Woodside subway station on Feb. 17… Read more »