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Port Washington Superintendent of Schools Michael Hynes told parents Thursday district officials would continue to work with police in the case of hate graffiti found outside of an elementary school April 25. (Shutterstock)
PORT WASHINGTON, NY Port Washington Superintendent of Schools Michael Hynes told parents the district will continue to work with law enforcement as a case involving the scrawling of swastikas a hate symbol synonymous with the Holocaust led by Nazi Germany outside of a school wends its way through court, according to a letter to parents.
He delivered the news Thursday after the arrest of a suspect accused of painting swastikas outside Philip Sousa Elementary School. District officials will continue to work with both the Port Washington and Nassau County police departments, as well as Nassau s District Attorney s office as the investigation of the deplorable act continues within the court system, he wrote in a ConnectEd letter.
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A juvenile has been arrested for spray-painting two swastikas outside of Philip Sousa Elementary School in Port Washington, police said. (Kristin Borden / Patch)
PORT WASHINGTON, NY A juvenile has been arrested for spray-painting two swastikas outside of Philip Sousa Elementary School in Port Washington, police said.
Detectives identified the suspect, who is accused of painting the hate symbols on Philip Sousa Elementary School, Wednesday after photos were distributed in the community through social media, police said. The suspect s name is being withheld due to his status as a juvenile, according to police.
Port Washington police received information from community members over their tip line that helped identify the suspect, and he was then located and placed under arrest, police said. He has been charged him with multiple crimes, including first-degree aggravated harassment and third-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime, according to police.
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State Sen. Anna M. Kaplan, sponsor of the bill, Michael Cohen, eastern director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Sen. Jim Gaughran, Assemb. Nily Rozic, Arnie Herz, president of the American Jewish Committee on Long Island, at a news conference Thursday. (State Sen. Anna Kaplan)
GLEN COVE, NY A group of New York lawmakers pushed to ensure Holocaust literacy is included in school curriculums throughout the state at a news conference Thursday at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County in Glen Cove, days after two swastikas were painted outside of an elementary school in Port Washington.
The legislation would authorize the state s Commissioner of Education to conduct a study to determine which school districts are offering instruction on the Holocaust in compliance with education law, and require a report on its findings by Jan. 1, 2022. As part of the paired legislation, which is being sponsored by Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-North Hills) and Assemb. Nily