NY High Court: Hate Crime Law Can Apply To Property Offenses

In People v. Assi, (NY Ct. App., March 30, 2010), New York's high court held that New York's Hate Crimes Act of 2000 can cover religiously-motivated property crimes, as well as crimes against persons. Defendant in the case admitted to attempting to fire bomb a synagogue to protest the shooting of a Palestinian child by the Israeli Army. Today's Riverdale Press reports on the decision.