""This is a despicable, hateful, and disgraceful act that was meant to try to intimidate our judicial candidates because of their Jewish faith and heritage as they seek public office. They will fail as every generation of antisemites before them have failed. We have said many times that hate has no place anywhere, especially in our borough," Tannousis said. "This type of behavior will not be tolerated, and I'm hopeful that the police department's investigation will bring those responsible to justice.""
""Assemblymember Michael Tannousis, chair of the Staten Island Republican Party, provided photos to the Advance/SILive.com that show red handprints covering the campaign signs of various candidates, with the signs of judicial candidates Remy Smith and Matthew Blum, both of whom are of Jewish faith, most severely defaced. Signs for Councilmember Kamillah Hanks, a Democrat who represents the North Shore, and judicial candidate Matthew Santamauro were also vandalized with one set of faint red handprints each,""
Campaign signs across the North Shore of Staten Island were defaced with red handprints, with judicial candidates Remy Smith and Matthew Blum most severely targeted. Councilmember Kamillah Hanks and judicial candidate Matthew Santamauro also had faint red handprints on their signs. Assemblymember Michael Tannousis condemned the vandalism as a despicable, hateful, and antisemitic act and called for a police investigation to identify and prosecute those responsible. Red handprints carry historical associations with antisemitic violence, and Rabbi Michael Howald explained the historical context dating back to a 1941 pogrom in Baghdad during Shavuot when red handprints were used to mark Jewish homes.
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