Hate Crimes

The subcommittee will consist of members of the county’s Jewish-American Advisory Board, as well as other Suffolk officials, and partner with the police department’s specialized unit responsible for investigating hate crimes.

Over 30 anti-hate activities will be offered at places of worship across Long Island during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. The goal is to learn from the civil rights movement to find ways to identify and overcome prejudice in the community.

Police across the U.S. report incidents of hate crimes to the FBI each year. The latest data from 2021 shows there was a 22% decrease in the number of participating law enforcement agencies — the lowest in two decades.

According to a poll from the Asian American Institute for Research and Engagement, 60% of business owners said they've lost customers or faced racist threats due to anti-Asian sentiment.

The family of an 11-year-old Black boy who was pushed off his bicycle by a white man in Deep River last week is calling for the man to be charged with a hate crime.

The hateful images and words were discovered at Bayport-Blue Point High School.

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety.

Connecticut’s bond commission approved spending $5 million to help houses of worship improve security on Thursday. This comes after two shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. Faith leaders welcomed the move.

The first electric train cars in the Metro-North Shoreline East fleet went into service today.