N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Directs State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to Assist in Investigation of Assault Against Asian Woman
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020
ALBANY, New York, March 12 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following statement:
"I am disgusted to hear that a woman of Asian descent was physically assaulted in Manhattan on Tuesday - an attack apparently motivated by the bigoted notion that an Asian person is more likely to carry or transmit the novel coronavirus.
"To be clear: there is zero evidence that people of Asian descent bear any additional responsibility for the transmission of the cor . . .
"I am disgusted to hear that a woman of Asian descent was physically assaulted in Manhattan on Tuesday - an attack apparently motivated by the bigoted notion that an Asian person is more likely to carry or transmit the novel coronavirus.
"To be clear: there is zero evidence that people of Asian descent bear any additional responsibility for the transmission of the cor . . .