NYPD meets with religious leaders over paintball shootings
New York Police Department officials sat down with religious leaders and lawmakers to discuss how to respond to a series of shocking attacks targeting Hasidic Jews in South Williamsburg in which the attackers have fired paintballs at victims, thrown bottles and physically assaulted them.
The meeting, which took place last week at the headquarters of the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn, was requested by Rabbi David Neiderman, the group’s director.
Much of the discussion centered on ways the community could become more involved in preventing the attacks, according to Assemblymember Joseph Lentol (D-North Brooklyn), who was in attendance.