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County and MTA police are partnering again in a joint effort to catch the person or persons responsible for anti-Semitic images at Five Towns train stations. Above, a swastika etched into a shelter panel in Cedarhurst earlier this month.

The Nassau County police and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority police are joining forces to combat anti-Semitic graffiti after three new swastikas were found at the Cedarhurst and Woodmere Long Island Rail Road station this month. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/19/15

Two swastikas were etched on shelter panels at the Cedarhurst LIRR station in the first two weeks of the new year.

Swastikas at Cedarhurst train station, again

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced on Jan. 14 an aggressive, joint initiative between the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police after two new swastikas were discovered at the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Cedarhurst station this year. County Executive Mangano also announced a Crime Stoppers reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest in these cases. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/13/15

The Long Island Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism was formed by six organizations in response to an increase of hate crimes against Jews. Above, bias graffiti etched on a plastic panel of a passenger shelter at the Cedarhurst station in 2013.

Battling against a rise in anti-Semitism

Based on what they say is a rise of hate crimes against Jews, a half dozen organizations have joined together to form the Long Island Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/24/14

Beachgoers were outraged that a swastika was flown above Jones Beach.

South Shore swastika flyover incites anger

Beachgoers were surprised last weekend as a banner featuring a swastika flew over Jones Beach and several others throughout the South Shore of Long Island. more

By Michael Ganci | 7/17/14

You've got to be carefully taught

There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny. more

4/24/14

These letters along with a swastika were spray painted on the fence of a home at the intersection of Centre Street and Oak Avenue in Cedarhurst.

Bias graffiti spray painted in Cedarhurst

A swastika and the letters ACABKTP were spray painted on the white fence of a Centre Street home in Cedarhurst between midnight and 8 a.m. on April 15, according to police. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/16/14

Insults, old as the ages, scrawled on walls

Are we seeing things or are we seeing something? Police are looking for the person or persons who wrote anti-Semitic epithets . . . more

1/31/14

Swastikas were drawn on the pole of this concession stand in Cedarhurst Park last week.

Swastikas drawn in Cedarhurst

Dozens of swastikas were drawn in Cedarhurst last week and the Nassau County Fourth Precinct Problem Oriented Police unit is investigating the incident. Cedarhurst village trustee Ari Brown said … more

Andrew Coen | 4/15/10

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