Overview

• Overnight on April 17, swastikas and a message reading 'If this is not what you stand for, prove it' were taped to the New York GOP headquarters in Albany.
• Albany police have launched an active investigation but have not yet identified or apprehended any suspects in connection with the vandalism.
• New York GOP Chair Ed Cox condemned the incident as an attack on democratic values and urged Democrats to denounce the act, which they later did.
• Governor Kathy Hochul and other Democratic leaders called the act 'unacceptable' and emphasized the need to reject hate in all forms.
• The use of Nazi imagery reflects a broader rise in politically motivated hate incidents and threats targeting political institutions across the U.S.