hate crime

The FBI warned this week about the growing risk of hate crimes and violent attacks, particularly from lone-wolf actors, amid a concerning threat environment.

A driver faces hate crime charges in the beating death of a Sikh man whom he called “turban man” during what the district attorney described as a “brutal” attack in the aftermath of a fender bender on a Queens highway.

Police have arrested the man who allegedly punched a woman in the face in an antisemitic attack inside a busy midtown subway station.

A Muslim teen girl was attacked while riding the New York City subway to school in what police believe may have been another hate crime attack based on the victim’s faith.

A woman was punched in the face in an anti-Semitic attack inside a busy midtown subway station, according to police, who are now searching for her attacker.

The NYPD is searching for the man officers say punched a woman inside a 7 train passageway in what is believed to be a hate crime attack.

There are growing concerns about hate-fueled violence against both the Muslim and Jewish communities here in our area. Lynda Baquero reports.

After harassing tenants in the Ebbetts Field Apartments for more than a year, the dangerous man was arrested. Melissa Russo reporting.

A 22-year-old Brooklyn man was indicted for assault as a hate crime and other charges for an unprovoked attack last month against a trans woman inside a subway station and car, the local district attorney announced. Ian Williams was arraigned Wednesday on an indictment in which he is charged with third-degree assault as a hate crime, third-degree assault, third-degree menacing…

The 17 year old high school student has pleaded not guilty of murdering O’Shea Sibley. Melissa Colorado reporting.

A second man was arrested on hate crime charges after assaulting and harrassing a same-sex couple, a confrontation that took place in May in which one of the victims was almost thrown off a dock, Suffolk County Police announced Wednesday. Thomas Gair Jr., 66, of Patchogue, was charged with assault in the third degree as a hate crime and two…

The 17-year-old charged with murder as a hate crime in the fatal stabbing of O’Shae Sibley, a Black gay man, is alleged to have taunted Sibley and yelled homophobic slurs before the attack, according to the criminal complaint. He then shut off his phone and shaved his head to evade the law before turning himself into police, the Brooklyn...

The suspect in the deadly gas station stabbing of O’Shae Sibley is in police custody after turning himself in at a Brooklyn stationhouse, a senior law enforcement official said.

The fatal stabbing of a gay man after a confrontation between a group of friends who were dancing to a Beyoncé song and young men who apparently took offense has outraged New York City’s LGBTQ community and spurred Beyoncé herself to post a tribute on her website. No arrests have been made in Saturday’s stabbing of O’Shae Sibley, a...

Police suspect that the man who was stabbed and killed at a gas station in Brooklyn was the victim of a hate crime. Rana Novini reports.

A man was stabbed to death at a Brooklyn gas station after dancing shirtless with his friends by the pumps. Rana Novini reports.

The man and woman badly beaten on a Queens sidewalk were taken to a nearby hospital.

Cops want to find a trio wanted for jumping a man and woman walking down a Queens sidewalk last week, beating the pair after shouting anti-Asian slurs. The police department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the broad daylight attack last Thursday that left the victims, 44 and 24, badly beaten. Police said the victims were walking down Junction Boulevard…

A man accused in a violent antisemitic attack in Brooklyn is heading to trial after rejecting a plea deal for allegedly punching a Jewish man in the face for wearing an Israeli military sweatshirt.

Hate crime offender, Suleiman Othman, rejects plea deal of six months in jail and five years of probation if he pleads guilty. Melissa Colorado reports.