Brooklyn

Woman Charged With Hate Crime Amid NYC Anti-Semitic Attacks

Police said Harris slapped three women, ages 22 to 31, in the face and head after encountering them on a corner in Brooklyn's Crown Heights area

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After multiple attacks on Jewish men in Manhattan and Brooklyn, the Anti-Defamation League is offering a reward for information regarding the assaults. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

What to Know

  • Police say Tiffany Harris slapped three women in the face and head after encountering them on a corner in Brooklyn
  • She was charged Saturday with attempted assault as a hate crime, court records show
  • Around the city, police have gotten at least six reports this week — and eight since Dec. 13 — of attacks possibly propelled by anti-Jewish bias

A woman accused of slapping three people in one of a series of anti-Semitic attacks during the Hanukkah holiday was charged Saturday with attempted assault as a hate crime, court records show.

Tiffany Harris, 30, was released without bail after her arraignment on the attempted assault charge and other misdemeanor and lower-level charges , according to the records. An email seeking comment was sent to her lawyer.

The New York Post says Harris rebuffed questions as she left a Brooklyn court.

Police said Harris slapped three women, ages 22 to 31, in the face and head after encountering them on a corner in Brooklyn's Crown Heights area. The victims suffered minor pain, police said.

Around the city, police have gotten at least six reports this week — and eight since Dec. 13 — of attacks possibly propelled by anti-Jewish bias.

An attacker blocked a Jewish man’s path and punched him in the face in one of at least eight incidents police are investigating as possible anti-Semitic attacks in New York City. Ken Buffa reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that police presence would increase in Crown Heights and two other Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Jewish populations.

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