Assemblyman William Colton (D – Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Dyker Heights) is outraged with the disgusting anti-Chinese leaflets which have been pasted on light poles all around the streets in the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. I have sent a letter to the NYS Office of the Attorney General and asked to launch an investigation into the distribution of this Anti-Chinese leaflet may be part of a concerted hate effort which rises to the level of a hate crime.

“I remember when my grandmother from Italy and her children were subjected to so similar ethnic smears that Italian Americans were dirty stupid, and not loyal to America. It is revealing that these derogatory smears are now once again repeated against another ethnic group. It was wrong then and it is wrong now,” Colton stated.

"With the current civil unrest and COVID-19 pandemic the crisis continues to upend our day to day life and the need for New Yorkers is to unite more than ever. And this is the worst time for anyone to engage in such divisive and ugly hate," Nancy Tong 47AD District Leader pointed out.

“Hate has no place in our community and it should not be put up with. These posters are being used by racists groups to exploit our nation's greatest core value-Diversity. Their agenda is to plant racial and ethnic bias seeds in our society and pass on to the next generations. Just to remove these postings is not enough. This must be stopped and social justice must be served for all people we have sworn to represent. We must remember such an attack against one group is an attack against us all. Everyone in the community I represent must be assured that they have my full support and such heinous acts will not be tolerated,” Colton concluded.