Effy's Cafe was the target of vandals who used red spray paint to scrawl “Free Gaza' and 'form line here to support genocide' onto the property over the weekend.
An Israeli café on Manhattan's Upper West Side was the target of vandals, who used red spray paint to scrawl "Free Gaza" and "form line here to support genocide" onto the property over the weekend.New York City police opened a hate crime investigation into the incident at Effy's Cafe, a kosher eatery on West 96th Street near Columbus Avenue. Officers responded to the scene around 10:40 p.m. Sunday, and so far, no arrests have been made.U.S. Rep.
"Targeting a small business because of who it’s owned by— Israeli, Palestinian or any other group— is not only wrong, it’s self defeating," the tweet read.X user @ManhattanMingle, who shared photos of the vandalism with FOX 5 NY, tweeted that the owners "are known and beloved to the community." She later tweeted that community members came together to clean up the spray paint.
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