Officials To Discuss How They're Combating Bias Crimes Friday

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Bias crimes and authorities' responses to them will be discussed at a meeting with clergy, community leaders and Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal will be presented at a special meeting Friday.

A number of hate crimes, physical attacks and bullying in schools have been reported throughout the country in the days following Donald Trump's historic upset of Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

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A swastika was painted at the former Apple Ridge Country Club in Mahwah last month.

A bomb threat was called in to the JCC on the Palisades last month, one of several to occur across the nation recently.

Assistant Prosecutor and bias crimes Officer Vered Adoni and Elie Honig, director of the New Jersey Department of Criminal Justice, will also speak.

The meeting will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at The Fiesta at 255 Route 17 South in Wood-Ridge.

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