Community Alerts

AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ police violence incident and assault that took place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Sunday, January 13. According to the New York Daily News, Crown Heights resident Jabbar Campbell stated that police from the 77th precinct entered his home following a noise complaint and assaulted him while using anti-gay slurs.

AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ sexual violence incident and assault that took place in Ridgewood, Queens at about 4am on Saturday morning, November 24. According to NYPD sources cited by the New York Post, two individuals physically and sexually assaulted a 26-year old gender non-conforming person near 70th Street and 70th Avenue. The survivor was treated for injuries at a local hospital.

AVP has learned that homophobic and Anti-Semitic graffiti was found written on a schoolyard wall at PS 238 on East 8th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn on Monday, September 24. According to the police, the graffiti was first photographed and then removed. Police report that the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.

AVP has learned of an anti-gay bias attack that occurred at about 7pm on Wednesday evening, September 19, at the McDonalds on West 3rd Street in Manhattan's West Village neighborhood. According to police, a man said anti-gay remarks before slashing a 22-year-old man with a razor. The survivor was taken to Bellevue Hospital and treated for his injuries to his face, back, elbow and neck. Police are currently seeking the offender.  

AVP has learned of a hate violence incident that occurred on Saturday June 9 around 11pm at Yotel, a luxury hotel on 10th Avenue in Manhattan. According to a witness who reported the incident to GaySocialites.com, a man was called homophobic slurs, and then physically attacked, by another patron in the bar. AVP is in touch with the NYPD and the office of New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn regarding this incident and we will keep you informed of developments on Facebook.