New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, along with police, elected officials and community leaders, speaks Dec. 29 at Ramapo Town Hall in Ramapo, New York, about Saturday night’s stabbings at a rabbi’s home in Monsey. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News via AP)
An attorney representing Grafton Thomas, accused of entering a rabbi’s home in Rockland County over the weekend and stabbing five people in an attack that’s been labeled as “domestic terrorism” by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says his client’s actions were fueled by mental illness, not anti-Semitism.
Cuomo, meanwhile, continued calls Monday morning for the Legislature to create a new crime of “domestic terrorism” in New York that could be used by prosecutors in future attacks.
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