NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — A Westchester County community is uniting against hate after someone spray-painted graffiti on storefronts on the New Rochelle-Scarsdale border.
Now, police are looking for the vandal who was caught on video.
The Westchester district attorney and the New Rochelle Police are now looking into reports of antisemitic graffiti.
The act is causing significant outrage and concern at the Golden Horseshoe Shopping Center and the community as they protested outside Thursday.
Officials say on Thursday, two storefronts were defaced with the words “genocide supporters” spray-painted across the windows.
Both of the targeted businesses had “we stand with Israel” posters displayed in their front windows.
This act of antisemitism is causing outrage among the Jewish community of New Rochelle and Scarsdale. The shopping center is directly across from the JCC of Mid-Westchester.
Several local officials are condemning this act.
“Hatred is hatred is hatred, and when you see antisemitism, you’re seeing racism, you’re seeing Islamophobia. You can’t tolerate it in any of its forms, not any of its forms,” Westchester County Executive George Latimer said.
“I do not want hate here, and that’s what this is. Antisemitism has no place in Israel. It has no place in New York,” said New York State Assemblymember Amy Paulin said.
Many in this community have their guard up. They say there is no room for hate.
The DA’s office and police are vowing to find the person responsible.
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