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Man draws swastika on building in Midtown Manhattan

By FOX 5 NY Staff
Published  March 21, 2022 3:52pm EDT
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Swastika on Midtown building

The NYPD released these images showing a man drawing something on a sign on a building on Lexington Avenue. Police said he drew a swastika.

NEW YORK - Police released images of a man who they say drew a swastika on a "No Smoking" sign hanging on the outside of a post office in Midtown Manhattan. 

Video shows a man wearing a gray-and-yellow hooded sweater, dark-colored pants, and sneakers vandalizing a sign on 450 Lexington Avenue at about 3:40 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2022, police said. 

The man then headed south on Lexington Avenue, police said. 

The NYPD is calling this an aggravated harassment case. 

The building houses a post office, a law firm, and other offices.

If you have any information, you can contact NYPD's Crime Stoppers at 800-577-8477 (English), 888-577-4782 (Español), CrimesStoppers.NYPDonline.org, or Twitter @NYPDTips.

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