Governor Cuomo Directs State Police Hate Crimes Task Force and State Division of Human Rights to Investigate Racist Messages Found at Syracuse University Campus

"I'm disgusted by the recent rash of hateful language found scrawled on the walls at Syracuse University, where students from around the world are drawn each year in the pursuit of higher learning. These types of hateful and bigoted actions seek to splinter and segregate our communities, and they have no place in New York - period. 

"I have directed the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force and State Division of Human Rights to assist local authorities in the investigation of these hateful acts. We will do everything in our power to prosecute those responsible to the fullest extent of the law."