A worldwide organization aimed at exposing and countering antisemitism through education and zero-tolerance enforcement of the law reported on an incident in Yorktown, where Yorktown Police found several antisemitic slurs spraypainted on an underpass for the Taconic State Parkway in a rural part of the town near the Croton Reservoir.
According to the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, antisemitism.org, the graffiti was reported to have contained the work “Kike” and references to killing Jews in gas chambers. Yorktown police covered up the slurs with black spray paint, as can be seen in the photo above.
Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater said, “We will not let this disgusting and ignorant language define us. Hate has no home here and we will continue to stamp it out whenever it raises its wicked head.”
Yorktown for Justice, (YFJ), commented on the incident, stating “Amidst the latest wave of racist and anti-semitic hatred in our community, Yorktown for Justice calls for the formation of a non-partisan task force to address racism and other forms of intolerance in order to create a Yorktown where hate truly has no home…This incident is the latest in which our town has been pushed into the public spotlight for racist and prejudiced acts.”
YFJ suggested “first steps can include a visible mural promoting promoting these values (tolerance acceptance and community) in downtown Yorktown.”
