AP, MONSEY, New YorkA man late on Saturday attacked a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home north of New York City, stabbing and wounding five people before fleeing in a vehicle, police said. Top state officials, including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York Attorney General Letitia James, released statements condemning the attack. The Anti-Defamation League of New York and New Jersey was at the scene in Monsey, about an hour north of New York City. The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council for the Hudson Valley region tweeted reports that the stabbings took place at the house of a Hasidic rabbi while they were celebrating Hanukkah. Cuomo, who called the stabbings a “cowardly act” has directed the state police hate crimes task force to investigate the attacks.
