New York Moves to Classify Killings Fueled by White Supremacy as Domestic Terrorism (The New York Times)

The New York Times, August 15, 2019

New York Moves to Classify Killings Fueled by White Supremacy as Domestic Terrorism

“Representative Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn, a Democrat who also spoke at the event at the New York City Bar Association, joined the call for federal action. ‘Rome is burning right now, and yet Donald Trump and his co-conspirators in the Republican Party are fiddling around,’ he said.”

Mr. Cuomo’s proposal appears well positioned to win support in the State Legislature, which this year fell under Democratic control for the first time in nearly a decade. While leaders of both the State Senate and Assembly did not explicitly say that they would back the bill, in statements they said they shared Mr. Cuomo’s goal of ensuring safety and condemning hate.