NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that he's asking state police to help the NYPD investigate anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted on a Brooklyn yeshiva last week.
Cuomo's directive came a day after the NYPD said its Hate Crime Task Force was probing the swastika graffiti at a school in South Slope.
"I am disgusted by reports of anti-Semitic graffiti that was recently found scrawled on the side of Mesilas Bais Yaakov in Brooklyn," the governor said in a statement.
"This bigoted attack — which came as the family of New York celebrated Hanukkah — is simply despicable, and the fact that these vandals targeted an institution focused on educating our children makes their act of hate even more reprehensible," the governor said. "Over the last nine months, New Yorkers have shown that we are both united and loving, and we will not let those who wish to divide us succeed. In New York, we are committed to protecting those who are targeted because of who they are or what they believe, and I am directing the New York State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to immediately offer assistance in this investigation."
NYPD
Video released by the NYPD on Saturday shows two men scrawling the graffiti on the Mesilas Bais Yaakov High School on 19th Street last Sunday afternoon.
The duo spray-painted a swastika and the words "Ace" and "Rico" on the side of the school, which is about a block away from the Green-Wood Cemetery, police said.
The NYPD announced Saturday that its Hate Crimes Task Force was investigating.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
