Elected officials, NYPD and concerned Brooklynites discuss recent incidents

Borough President Marty Markowitz joined with other Brooklyn elected officials, NYPD Brooklyn North Chief Joseph Cuneen, NYPD Brooklyn South Chief Joseph Fox, NYPD Deputy Chief Dennis Blackman, commanding officer of the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force, Dr. Edison O. Jackson, President of Medgar Evers College, Joel Levy, New York Regional Director of the Anti- Defamation League, various community leaders and concerned Brooklynites to discuss a number of recent incidents of hatred, including the spraying of swastikas and the slashing of car tires in several Brooklyn neighborhoods.

“We are here to listen to what has happened and to learn what all of us can do to stop these kinds of hateful acts. I am outraged when I hear that crimes of bias and prejudice have occurred in Brooklyn. We are the most diverse community on earth, and we should be the most tolerant too,” Borough President Markowitz said. “For us to live together in peace means that everyone must be respected and that no single group, be it African- Americans, gays and lesbians, Catholics, Muslims, Jews, immigrants, or anyone else, should be made to feel unwelcome or hated. That’s not right and it’s not Brooklyn.”