NYPD releases video of pro-Palestinian vandals defacing Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s office

Police released video Friday of 2 radical sought successful transportation with an act of vandalism connected Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s Washington Heights bureau that cops are calling hatred transgression transgression mischief.

The video shows 2 individuals, their faces covered by masks, who locomotion nether the metallic roll-down gross extracurricular the bureau connected W. 181st St. adjacent Bennett Ave. to perpetrate the vandalism. One of them, brandishing a hammer, swings it repeatedly astatine the sheet solid model portion different sprays achromatic overgarment connected the beforehand door.

From off-camera, reddish overgarment tin beryllium seen splashing onto the lens of the surveillance camera posted betwixt the gross and the building’s facade. “Free Gaza” was spray-painted outside.

Cops said the demolition took spot astir 3 a.m. Tuesday and that some suspects fled connected foot.

On Monday, the one-year day of the Hamas violent onslaught connected Israel, Espaillat, the co-chairperson of the Latino-Jewish Congressional Caucus, issued a statement successful enactment of the families of hostages taken by Hamas connected Oct. 7 who are inactive being held successful captivity.

On Oct. 1, aft Iran launched astir 200 missiles astatine the Jewish state, Espaillat said helium stood with President Biden “as America reaffirms Israel’s close and work to support itself against terrorism.”

Police released video of 2 radical sought successful transportation with an enactment of vandalism to Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s Washington Heights office. (NYPD)

The New York Democratic legislature delegation, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Hakeem Jeffries, Jerrold Nadler and Jamaal Bowman, released a connection Tuesday condemning the act, calling it “violence, harassment and intimidation” and noting that Rep. Espaillat’s bureau has been targeted and vandalized “several times” implicit the past month.

“The latest outrageous vandalism occurred connected a time of solemn reflection to people 1 twelvemonth since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, murdering 1,200 civilians, including implicit 40 American citizens, and taking 251 hostages, including 12 Americans,” the connection read, successful part.

On Nov. 20, 2023, CBS 2 News reported that someone had scrawled “Espaillat is complicit successful genocide”, among different messages, connected his office’s roll-down gate.

Police released video of 2 radical sought successful transportation with an enactment of vandalism to Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s Washington Heights office. (NYPD)

In September, the congressman’s bureau was deed again the nighttime earlier Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly, The Forward reported. Graffiti appeared connected the building reading, “40K dead,” “terrorist” and “F—k Israel.”

Espaillat, presently successful his 4th word successful office, represents the 13th Congressional District, which includes Harlem, Upper Manhattan and respective Bronx neighborhoods.

A spokeswoman for Espaillat did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.