Dozens of swastikas painted on playground in Jewish area of Brooklyn prompts hate crime investigation

By Eric Levenson, August Phillips, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of swastikas were painted on a playground in a predominantly Jewish area of Brooklyn, New York, in two separate incidents this week, prompting a hate crime probe, the New York Police Department said. Gov. Kathy Hochul on X called the vandalism “a depraved act of antisemitism,”