"Police said a security guard called around 6:30 a.m. to report the vandalism at Magen David Yeshivah on McDonald Avenue and Avenue S in Gravesend. The symbols were sprayed onto pillars and windows, according to photos shared on social media by Mamdani and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis. Representatives for the yeshiva did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment."
"Mamdani called the incident a "disgusting and heartbreaking act of antisemitism." "As Mayor, I will always stand steadfast with our Jewish neighbors to root the scourge of antisemitism out of our city," he wrote on X. Hochul said in her own post that the yeshiva was "one of several" Jewish sites defaced overnight with spray-painted swastikas. The governor said state police were ready to help the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force with the investigation."
Red swastikas were spray-painted onto a Brooklyn yeshiva at Magen David Yeshivah in Gravesend. A security guard called police around 6:30 a.m. to report the vandalism, and photos show symbols on pillars and windows. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani condemned the act as antisemitism and pledged to stand with Jewish neighbors. Governor Kathy Hochul said the yeshiva was one of several Jewish sites defaced overnight and offered state police assistance. NYPD officials did not immediately have a suspect description, and representatives for the yeshiva did not respond to requests for comment.
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