"The suspect, who was last seen wearing a multicolored jacket, blue jeans and black sunglasses, was riding a bicycle when he approached the boy from behind and spat on him around 5:50 p.m. near Eastern Pkwy. and Albany Ave. in Crown Heights on Oct. 22, cops said. The spitting cyclist didn't say anything to the victim as he continued pedaling heading west on Eastern Pkwy. The spit landed on the victim's black hat, which was a part of his traditional Hasidic garb."
"The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident and continues to try to track down the suspect, who is described as a light-skinned Black man in his 30s. The boy went home and told his mother about the incident. She, in turn, contacted her mother, Devorah Halberstam, who became an activist after her son, Ari Halberstam, 16, was shot to death in an anti-Semitic terror attack in March 1994 while riding in a van on the Brooklyn Bridge with fellow yeshiva students."
A man on a bicycle approached a 14-year-old Hasidic boy from behind and spat on the boy's black hat on Oct. 22 near Eastern Parkway and Albany Avenue in Crown Heights at about 5:50 p.m. The cyclist did not speak to the victim and continued west on Eastern Parkway. The suspect was described as a light-skinned Black man in his 30s wearing a multicolored jacket, blue jeans and black sunglasses. No injuries were reported. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating and searching for the suspect. The boy told his mother, who notified her mother, Devorah Halberstam, an activist whose son was killed in an anti-Semitic attack. Halberstam said anti-Semitism has not gone away and urged continued vigilance. Tips can be submitted to NYPD Crime Stoppers.
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