AVP is outraged by the recent attacks targeting Mexican immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community on Staten Island. In what became the twelfth hate violence incident to be reported in the borough since April 2010, Jonas Vidals, 36, and wife Sonia, were threatened with hate speech as they returned to their Port Richmond residence on Saturday, September 17, at 11:45 p.m. Jonas and Sonia Vidals, who stated that they traveled together due to the recent surge of bias attacks on the island, allege that three individuals in a nearby apartment building shouted anti-Mexican and anti-Latino slurs, as well as threatened them with physical harm if they did not leave the area. The incident is being further investigated by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force.

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