MONSEY – Governor Andrew Cuomo called Saturday night’s attack on attendees at a Hanukkah party in Monsey “domestic terrorism.”
The governor met with Jewish faith leaders in Monsey on Sunday morning and afterwards said the act of violence was “just hate. Just hate and violence, that is all it was.”
The attack was not an isolated incident, Cuomo said. “We have had 13 acts of anti-Semitism since December 8th in New York State. I’d like to say it’s only those 13. The truth is we’ve had incidents all across the state against the LGBTQ community, against the African-American community, the Latino community.”
And he said it is not just in New York State. “This is a national phenomenon that we are seeing. It is frightening and disturbing. If anyone thinks that something poisonous is not going on in this country, then they are in denial frankly. How many incidents do you have to see from coast to coast?” he said.
Cuomo called attacks “an American cancer that is spreading in the body politic.”
