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NCAVP's 2009 report on hate violence against LGBTQ and HIV-affected people in the United states was released in July 2010.

The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) has learned of the arrest of Louis Newman, a 43-year-old Brooklyn resident who is accused of wielding a knife while making anti-gay remarks to two 22-year-old men on Saturday morning, June 6, at 9:30am on Utica Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The victims were able to wave down NYPD officers who arrested Newman. Newman has been charged with menacing as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon.

AVP is outraged that Hakim Scott was acquitted of murder and hate crime charges for his part in the brutal attack that led to the death of Jose Sucuzhanay. The jury instead handed down a manslaughter verdict. Scott was also charged with attempted assault for chasing Romel Sucuzhanay with the same bottle that Scott broke over the Jose’s head.

AVP is disturbed and outraged by an incident that occurred on April 14, at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) in Manhattan. Staff members arriving to work yesterday discovered a burned rainbow flag hanging on a poster display case outside The Center. Center staff immediately contacted the NYPD and called AVP to report this despicable act of hate violence. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes unit is handling the investigation and AVP is working with the NYPD and The Center to respond to this incident.

AVP is saddened and outraged by the death of Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar, who was found in her apartment on Tuesday, March 31 in Glendale, Queens. Her death has been ruled a homicide and there were signs of struggle in the apartment. An investigation is currently underway by the NYPD.