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Trucks Of Armed Security Officers Now Patrol Rockland Synagogues After Hanukkah Attack Trucks Of Armed Security Officers Now Patrol Rockland Synagogues After Hanukkah Attack
Trucks Of Armed Security Officers Now Patrol Rockland Synagogues After Hanukkah Attack In the wake of a stabbing attack of five people celebrating Hannukah at a rabbi's home in Monsey, a high-profile security firm is providing extra security to the Hasidic Jewish community. During a press conference on Monday, Dec. 30, Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced that Brosan Security had offered to provide the coverage to fight what Day called "disturbing cancer taking place."  “We are fighting back as a community, as a county, we are fighting back,” Day said. According to Patrick Brosan, the CEO of the firm, the company will pay former FBI agents, state po…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Some Syracuse University Students Leave Campus Early Due To Security Concerns Some Syracuse University Students Leave Campus Early Due To Security Concerns
Some Syracuse University Students Leave Campus Early Due To Security Concerns Citing safety concerns following a string of racist incidents and hate crimes, some Syracuse University students are leaving campus early before the official start of the Thanksgiving holiday break. This month, there have been at least a dozen incidents reported on campus, including racist graffiti, the shouting of racial slurs, swastikas posted and a white supremacist manifesto that was sent to students’ phones. The Daily Orange reported that some professors opted to cancel some classes this week, while the Department of Public Safety has been on high alert. The student newspaper said that…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Man Convicted Of Sending Anti-Semitic Emails To Local Official, Family Westchester Man Convicted Of Sending Anti-Semitic Emails To Local Official, Family
Westchester Man Convicted Of Sending Anti-Semitic Emails To Local Official, Family This story has been updated. A 44-year old man has been convicted of committing a hate crime after sending anti-Semitic emails to an elected official in Westchester. White Plains resident Timothy Goetze was found guilty of three counts of aggravated harassment, misdemeanors, for threats he made against Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner and his family in 2017. Goetze was found guilty this week following a bench trial in White Plains City Court. Goetze was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge, 75 hours of community service and orders of protection were issued for Feiner, his wi…

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by Zak Failla
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31 Killed In Two Mass Shootings 12 Hours Apart In Ohio, Texas 31 Killed In Two Mass Shootings 12 Hours Apart In Ohio, Texas
31 Killed In Two Mass Shootings 12 Hours Apart In Ohio, Texas This story has been updated. Separate mass shootings 12 hours apart left 31 people dead and dozens injured in Ohio and Texas. The first shooting happened at a Walmart at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, just after 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 local time (and 1 p.m. Eastern time). In that incident, 22 people were killed and 26 injured. It is unclear why the 21-year-old suspect taken into custody, who is from the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas, targeted El Paso, on the border of Mexico, and about 650 miles away. Less than an hour before the gunman opened fire, police said they believe he poste…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Man, Woman Violated Protection Order At Westchester Restaurant, Police Say Man, Woman Violated Protection Order At Westchester Restaurant, Police Say
Man, Woman Violated Protection Order At Westchester Restaurant, Police Say A man and woman are behind bars after police say they damaged a victim's vehicle after violating a protection order at a popular restaurant in the area. State Police troopers responded to the parking lot of Chili's Grill & Bar on Route 6 in Somers for a report of a domestic dispute on Saturday, July 6 at approximately 8:15 p.m. An investigation revealed Antonio Vuksanaj and Gina Vuksanaj, both age 50 from Carmel, violated the order of protection and blocked the retreat of the victim, police said. The Vuksanajs then attempted to extricate the victim from a vehicle through force and…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Video: Cuomo Says After Anti-Semitic Incident In Hudson Valley Rise In Hate Crimes A Concern Video: Cuomo Says After Anti-Semitic Incident In Hudson Valley Rise In Hate Crimes A Concern
Video: Cuomo Says After Anti-Semitic Incident In Hudson Valley Rise In Hate Crimes A Concern Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett joined forces to make a strong statement following the arrest of a Saugerties man for an anti-Semitic hate crime. "If you attack a Jewish person, you attack me. If you attack a Muslim person, you attack me. You attack an LGBTQ member, you attack me,” said Cuomo during the Friday, March 22 address. “That's the New York credo...Bias-related crimes, hate crimes, are not just wrong, they're not just unethical, they're not just immoral - they are illegal and we will prosecute every case to the fullest extent of the law. And …

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by Valerie Musson
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ID Released For Teen Charged With Hate Crime At SUNY Purchase ID Released For Teen Charged With Hate Crime At SUNY Purchase
ID Released For Teen Charged With Hate Crime At SUNY Purchase A teenage SUNY Purchase student has been arraigned after spreading more than a dozen Nazi-themed posters on campus over the weekend. Gunnar Hassard, 18, was arraigned in Harrison Town Court on Tuesday, Dec. 11, after as many as 16 posters were spread throughout the SUNY Purchase campus on Anderson Hill Road in Harrison on Sunday. The posters reportedly had images of Adolf Hitler and a swastika. Hassard, of Oneonta, allegedly hung multiple posters, which incorporated a swastika and symbols of Nazi Germany, on and near the Humanities Building. The complaint states that the flyers on the campu…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Weekly Newspaper Defaced With Hate Symbols In Westchester Weekly Newspaper Defaced With Hate Symbols In Westchester
Weekly Newspaper Defaced With Hate Symbols In Westchester Police are investigating the defacement of a weekly newspaper with hate symbols in Northern Westchester. The defacement was discovered by a customer on a copy of this week's Northern Westchester Examiner in an inside area of the Chase Bank at 1025 Brown St. in Peekskill, said Peekskill Det. Sgt. Jack Galusha. The paper had swastikas and the letters "KKK" on the front page, police said. The customer, who was concerned, took the paper to police who said they are actively investigating the incident, including checking surveillance cameras at the bank. Check back to Daily Voice for updat…

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by Kathy Reakes