Governor Cuomo Tasks State Police to Assist In Investigating Monsey Attack

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo tasked the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to help the Ramapo Police Department and the Rockland County Sheriff’s office as they investigate this horrific assault on an Orthodox Man this morning in Monsey, NY.

Governer Cuomo wrote in a press release that “I am deeply disturbed by the violent attack of an Orthodox Jewish man who was beaten and repeatedly stabbed while on his way to Synagogue in Monsey, Rockland County, earlier today. I am directing the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to assist the Ramapo Police Department and the Rockland County Sheriff’s office as they investigate this horrific assault and examine all potential motives, including whether the attack may have been motivated by anti-Semitism.

“This is not an isolated incident, all across the state we’ve seen an alarming rise in anti-Semitic vandalism and hate-fueled attacks. We cannot allow the cancer of hate to metastasize any further. The escalation of hatred and anti-Semitism must end here and now, and I urge all New Yorkers to denounce hate whenever and wherever they see it.”