Pols Demand Money For Hate Crime Office Amid Spike In Attacks

Lawmakers want #NYC to use an important weapon in the fight against hate crimes: money. #NYCCouncil members on Monday demanded funding for a new hate crime prevention office amid a massive spike in anti-Semitic attacks.

The Council passed a law in January to establish the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, which will coordinate efforts across the city's myriad government agencies to stem the tide of bias-fueled incidents.

But Mayor #BilldeBlasio's executive budget for the 2020 fiscal year includes only about 70 percent of the money the Council says the office needs — even as anti-Semitic hate crimes have more than doubled. The #NYPD has recorded 100 such attacks this year as of May 12, up from 49 in the same period last year.

A fighter loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed government (GNA) fires a RPG during a clash with forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar at the outskirts of Tripoli, May 21.

A tornado spins during stormy weather in Mangum, Oklahoma. U.S. southern plains states face more tornadoes, hail and heavy rain after at least 19 twisters tore through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, but the storm system was not as severe as originally feared, the National Weather Service said on Tuesday.

Ruby Shah, 24, attends the "Stop the Bans" rally in Atlanta, Georgia, May 21, 2019.

A student supports her fellow plebes (freshmen) as they build a human pyramid to climb the 21-foot vegetable-shortening covered Herndon Monument at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The midshipman who makes it to the top replaces the 'dixie cup' hat with a midshipman's hat, marking their class ascent to upperclassmen.

loyal to Libyan internationally recognized government looks at fighters positions loyal to Khalifa Haftar outside Tripoli.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks at supporters before boarding Air Force One after addressing a Trump 2020 re-election campaign rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania.

Migrant families recently released from detention board a bus at a bus depot in McAllen, Texas, May 21, 2019.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) addresses abortion rights activists during a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.

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Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro take part in a rally in support of the government in Caracas, Venezuela.

Democratic 2020 presidential candidate and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) poses with an abortion rights demonstrator during a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.

Greenpeace activists prepare to abseil down the facade of the BP headquarters in London, Britain.

A Kashmiri Muslim man reads the Koran inside the shrine of Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, a Sufi saint, during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar.

Children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Young Pioneer Organisation, salute after an inauguration ceremony of newly joined members, with a monument to Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin seen in the background, in Stavropol, Russia.

A woman standing in the street with a 'my choice' sign is seen during a Stop the Abortion Ban Bill Day of Action in St. Louis, Missouri.

Pierre Lambert, the father of French quadriplegic Vincent Lambert, who has been in a deep vegetative state for more than a decade arrives with two monks at the Sebastopol Hospital in Reims, France.

Residents of Ezbet Hamada in Cairo's Mataria district gather to eat Iftar, the meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt.

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