NY comptroller to study whether state's police agencies underreport, mishandle hate crimes

... statewide in 2012, up almost 30 percent from a year earlier. Most of the increase was in New York City and Suffolk County, which had made changes in its reporting process. "Hatred against people because of their race, religion or sexual orientation ...

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