NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A vandal who threw rocks at the windows of four synagogues in the Bronx on Friday and Saturday targeted one of them again early Monday morning, the NYPD said.
The man threw rocks at the Riverdale Jewish Center's windows around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, the New York Post reported, citing information from police.
The most recent act of vandalism left the synagogue with more than $250 worth of damage, the outlet reported.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday directed the state police's Hate Crime Task Force to help the NYPD investigate acts of vandalism at that synagogue, as well as at the Chabad of Riverdale, Young Israel of Riverdale, and Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale.
All four synagogues were targeted Friday and Saturday, police said. Rocks were thrown at the windows of the synagogues, according to police.
The NYPD released surveillance images of a male suspect on Sunday as Cuomo announced state police would help with the investigation.
"I was appalled by a report that an individual threw rocks at glass windows and doors in two Bronx synagogues, smashing and breaking them," Cuomo said in a statement.
"We stand with Jewish New Yorkers — an essential part of the fabric of our state — as we do with all victims of bigotry, and I look forward to seeing this investigation resolved quickly," the governor said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted that the NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force "has a solid lead on the vile acts of anti-Semitism in the Bronx and we will take swift action against the perpetrators."
