In New York and across the nation we have seen a disturbing rise in anti-Semitic activity.
Yesterday, the Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn, a place meant to bring people together, was targeted by hate-filled rhetoric.
These ongoing threats and incidents are repugnant to the concept of the State of New York. We are New Yorkers; we applaud diversity, we understand that we are all different and we accept everyone, no matter your race, religion or culture.
Bias-related crimes are not just wrong and immoral -- they are illegal.
The people who are behind these abhorrent activities should be ashamed, and it must stop now.
We have zero tolerance for racism, discrimination and hate crimes in the State of New York, and we must be the state that sets a different example in this rising tide of hatred.
We will not tolerate this, and we will not allow the repetition of these heinous acts to result in complacency.
Choosing to remain silent is not an option.
Ever Upward,
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
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