NYC mayoral candidates denounce hate crimes targeting Asians
Several New York City mayoral candidates joined the Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday to denounce violence against Asian Americans in the wake of this week’s shootings in Atlanta that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent.
Sharpton said the rampage in Atlanta on Tuesday “has only made this even more necessary for us to take a strong, unequivocal and united stand against hate crimes against Asians.”
Several candidates for the Democratic primary to succeed the term-limited Mayor Bill de Blasio alluded to an increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans over the past year in New York and across the country.