Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday announced a new statewide Hate and Bias Prevention Unit, nested within the state Division of Human Rights, that will educate people across New York on how to spot behavior that could lead to hate crimes.
The governor announced the new effort to combat violent acts motivated by hate during Orthodox Union’s Convening on Combating Anti-Semitism on Manhattan’s Upper West Side Monday morning. She said the unit will visit each of the state’s counties to convene meetings and teach New Yorkers about how they can better detect troubling behavior to prevent more cases of hate-inspired speech or violence.
