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Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Yahoo
Female suspect sought in anti-Asian hate crime on Queens subway
[Source] The NYPD is searching for a woman suspected of committing an anti-Asian hate crime aboard a northbound R train near Queens Plaza station in Long Island City on the evening of April 16. The incident marks the first hate crime reported this year by the 108th Precinct, which had recorded five by the same time last year. Incident details: According to police, a 29-year-old woman was riding the train shortly before 7 p.m. when an unidentified woman sat across from her and began yelling racial slurs, including 'You Chinese bitch,' before repeatedly kicking her in the legs. The suspect then fled the train in an unknown direction. The victim sustained minor injuries and declined medical treatment at the scene. Suspect information: The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident. Authorities released a surveillance image of the suspect on April 22, who was last seen wearing a red, black and white hooded jacket, gray sweatpants and white sneakers. Hate trends: How to help: Anyone with information regarding the incident is urged to contact the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. Tips can also be submitted online at or via X @NYPDTips. All information will be kept confidential. This story is part of The Rebel Yellow Newsletter — a bold weekly newsletter from the creators of NextShark, reclaiming our stories and celebrating Asian American voices. Subscribe free to join the movement. If you love what we're building, consider becoming a paid member — your support helps us grow our team, investigate impactful stories, and uplift our community. Subscribe here now! Trending on NextShark: Trending on NextShark: Download the NextShark App: Want to keep up to date on Asian American News? Download the NextShark App today!
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Yahoo
Man punched, woman dragged by the hair in anti-Asian attack in NYC
HARLEM, N.Y. (PIX11) — A woman was pulled by the hair and dragged, and a man was punched in the face in a hate-crime attack in a Manhattan business earlier this month, police said Monday. The incident happened inside a store at 2419 Seventh Avenue in Harlem at around 2:35 p.m. on April 6, according to the NYPD. More Local News The suspect allegedly made anti-Asian comments before she pulled a 42-year-old woman's hair and dragged her the ground and punched a man, 46, in the head and face, cutting his lip, police said. The victims suffered minor injured and refused medical attention at the scene. The suspect ran off after the attack. There have been no arrests. The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident. Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She has been with PIX11 News for two years. See more of her work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
Brick with swastika symbol, trash found on parked Tesla in Brooklyn: NYPD
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A woman is accused of putting a brick with a swastika symbol on top of a Tesla parked on a Brooklyn street earlier this week, police said. The incident happened when a 38-year-old man parked his car near 617 Ditmas Ave. at around 5:53 p.m. Monday, according to the NYPD. The vehicle was close to a large mound of garbage bags. More Local News The blonde-haired suspect allegedly put the brick defaced with the swastika, some trash and a black garbage bag on top of the Tesla before riding off on a scooter, according to surveillance video and police. There were no injuries. There have been no arrests. The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident. Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She has been with PIX11 News for two years. See more of her work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NYPD boosts synagogue security ahead of Passover as anti-Jewish crimes ‘jump off the page': ‘No one should feel afraid to worship'
The NYPD is beefing up security at synagogues ahead of Passover, citing alarming data that revealed 62% of all hate crimes in the city target Jews — leading Commissioner Jessica Tisch to ensure that 'no one should feel afraid to worship.' 'As always, we are increasing patrols around synagogues, so you can expect to see uniformed deployments at dedicated houses of worship,' the top cop said at a press conference with Mayor Eric Adams and other officials Wednesday ahead of the Jewish holiday that begins on April 12 and continues through April 20. 'No one should feel afraid to worship. No community should feel like a target.' The shocking uptick in anti-Jewish crimes 'jump off the page as the single largest category of hate, at an astounding 62% of the total,' Deputy Inspector Gary Marcus, commanding officer of NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force, said. Well over half of all hate crimes in New York City are perpetrated against Jews,' he added. The trend of antisemitic hate crimes rose 7% year-over-year in 2024 — with 345 anti-Jewish incidents reported, according to NYPD data. Those numbers indicated Jews were targeted in 54% of all hate crimes in 2024. A Jewish Columbia University student was the victim of two anti-Jewish attacks in 2024 — most recently in December, when anti-Israel protester Tarek Bazrouk allegedly punched him in the face and called him a Nazi outside the Morningside Heights school. In September, a Jewish barber in Yonkers was allegedly stabbed with his own scissors after raging about the war in Gaza, shouting, 'I want to kill you, you f–king Jew.' On Oct. 17, a vandal scrawled a swastika on the Second Avenue Deli, writing, 'Israeli pride' underneath. Mayor Adams also spoke on Wednesday of the rise in hate crimes against Jews since the October 7th, 2023 attacks. 'This is an important time for the Jewish community… Oct. 7, when we saw probably a second holocaust that impacted the Jewish community,' Adams said at the press conference. 'We want to let you know loudly and clearly, just as we do at every Passover, we want to have the police that are there, but we need you to be our eyes and ears. If you see something, say something, do something,' Hizzoner added. 'It's imperative that we continue the partnership of how we combine ourselves with more enforcing community, with community that we support, to serve and protect.'
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Yahoo
NYPD searching for vandals who carved swastika on Tesla in Brooklyn
NEW YORK - Police are searching for two suspects in connection with a vandalism incident in Brooklyn on Thursday. What we know The NYPD says the incident happened in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. According to authorities, at around 1 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2025, two unidentified individuals vandalized a parked, unoccupied Tesla in front of 730 Monroe Street. Police say the suspects carved the word "Nazis" and a swastika onto the car's doors before fleeing on foot in an unknown direction. The incident is under investigation by the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force. Tips can be submitted by calling the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or in Spanish at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Information can also be shared online at or via X @NYPDTips.
