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The NYPD reported in April 50 hate crimes citywide, down 35% from the 77 hate crimes reported final April. Nevertheless, of the 50 hate crimes that occurred final month, the NYPD says 30 of them — 60% of all incidents — concerned victims who’re Jewish. And on the identical day that the NYPD touted its crime reductions, residents and spiritual leaders in Forest Hills and Rego Park, Queens, woke as much as discover probably the most heinous vandalism conceivable painted onto their Jewish group facilities, synagogues, and houses. Swastikas, the last word image of Nazism, antisemitism, fascism and demise, had…

Two days earlier than Might 1, acknowledged as Worldwide Staff’ Day, Council Member Alexa Avilés hosted a Labor City Corridor within the cafeteria at Sundown Park Excessive College. The April 29 occasion targeted on the present state of employees’ struggles in New York Metropolis, the significance of labor organizing, and employees’ rights. Metropolis and state companies, together with the NYC Division of Client and Employee Safety, the Mayor’s Workplace of Immigrant Affairs, the New York Authorized Help Group, the New York State Division of Labor, and the Freelancers Union, hosted useful resource tables offering details about employee protections and authorized…