More details have emerged about the suspect in a stabbing attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, N.Y., as police and elected officials statewide said they are ramping up efforts to prevent and investigate hate crimes. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, and police officials held a private community meeting Thursday in Brooklyn’s Borough Park to discuss the city’s response to the rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 03, 2020 00:01 UTC