(New York Jewish Week) – When three Upper East Side synagogues and one Hatzalah ambulance were tagged with antisemitic graffiti earlier this year, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg found that
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Lenny De La Rosa appeared before Judge Althea Drysdale in Manhattan Supreme Court, where he was charged with four counts of criminal mischief in the fourth degree as a hate crime.
Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesA man arrested for allegedly carrying out an antisemitic vandalism spree across three synagogues in New York City’s Upper East Side neighborhood this summer has been indicted on felony hate crime charges, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Lenny De La Rosa, 21, is also accused of defacing an ambulance belonging to Hatzalah, a Jewish volunteer emergency service. His alleged graffiti spree took place over three days in August, and saw him scrawl phra