{"id":48226,"date":"2022-11-21T07:10:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=48226"},"modified":"2022-11-21T07:10:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:10:26","slug":"nys-police-increasing-protection-for-lgbtq-jewish-communities-following-recent-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/nys-police-increasing-protection-for-lgbtq-jewish-communities-following-recent-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"NYS Police Increasing Protection for LGBTQ, Jewish Communities Following Recent Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_48227\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48227\" data-attachment-id=\"48227\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/nys-police-increasing-protection-for-lgbtq-jewish-communities-following-recent-threats\/hochul-lgbtq-jewish\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?fit=800%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Darren McGee\\\/Office of Governor&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Office of Governor Kathy Hochul&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hochul-LGBTQ Jewish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Governor Kathy Hochul at a press briefing November 20, 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?fit=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?fit=800%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-48227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?resize=375%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?resize=768%2C542&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Governor Kathy Hochul at a press briefing November 20, 2022<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following the mass shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ club and recent threat to the <strong>Jewish community<\/strong> in New York State, Governor <strong>Kathy Hochul<\/strong> announced<strong> State Police<\/strong> will be increasing protection for communities against hate crimes.<\/p>\n<p>New York State Police Acting Superintendent <strong>Steven Nigrelli<\/strong> said the agency is in contact with the NYPD and continues to monitor social media for hateful threats that may impact New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>State Police&#8217;s Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit<\/strong> is conducting outreach to<strong> LGBTQ communities<\/strong> across New York, as well as to synagogues and other Jewish community spaces in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the mass shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ club and recent threat to the Jewish community in New York State, Governor Kathy Hochul announced State Police will be increasing protection for communities against hate crimes. New York State Police Acting Superintendent Steven Nigrelli said the agency is in contact with the NYPD and continues to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":48227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[12484,1333,6611,1694,12485,12289],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hochul-LGBTQ-Jewish.jpg?fit=800%2C565&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cxQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54619,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/acting-nys-police-superintendent-steven-nigrelli-resigns\/","url_meta":{"origin":48226,"position":0},"title":"Acting NYS Police Superintendent Steven Nigrelli Resigns","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"September 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Acting State Police Superintendent Steven Nigrelli resigned Friday after Governor Kathy Hochul rescinded his candidacy to permanently serve in the role. 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