"A Corona man was arrested Jan. 27 and charged with hate crime assault and other crimes for an antisemitic attack in broad daylight in Forest Hills on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Eric Zafra-Grosso, 32, of Corona Avenue, spotted the rabbi walking on Queens Boulevard at 71st Avenue and allegedly shouted antisemitic rhetoric, police said. The two men engaged in a verbal dispute that escalated into violence when Zafra-Grosso allegedly punched the rabbi in the chest and face with a closed fist, before fleeing the scene."
""This was a targeted act of hate, and this has no place in our community or anywhere in New York City," the colleagues in government said. "No one should ever fear for their safety because of their religion, identity, or beliefs. The rise in antisemitic incidents across our city and country are deeply concerning, and this attack occurring on Holocaust Remembrance Day underscores the urgent responsibility we all share to confront hate before it escalates into violence.""
"Police from the 112th Precinct responded to a 911 call of an assault at the intersection and found the injured rabbi. EMS responded to the location and treated the victim on scene for minor injuries. Queens elected officials who represent the neighborhood expressed their outrage at the antisemitic attack in which the rabbi was verbally harassed, physically assaulted and threatened for being Jewish in a joint statement on Tuesday."
On Jan. 27 a 32-year-old man, Eric Zafra-Grosso of Corona Avenue, allegedly confronted and assaulted a rabbi on Queens Boulevard at 71st Avenue, shouting antisemitic rhetoric. The verbal dispute escalated when the suspect allegedly punched the rabbi in the chest and face with a closed fist and then fled. Police from the 112th Precinct responded to a 911 call, found the injured rabbi, and EMS treated the victim on scene for minor injuries. Zafra-Grosso was arrested and charged with hate-crime assault and other offenses. Queens elected officials decried the attack as a targeted act of hate and expressed solidarity with the rabbi and Jewish community.
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