Elaine Velie reports for Hyperallergic that Gov. Kathy Hochul has said she supports a proposed law that would allow district attorneys to prosecute citizens for a new hate crime, drawing graffiti. Hochul cited political speech she disagrees with as the reason for making graffiti a hate crime. Hochul drew attention to a recent incident in Scarsdale where the words “genocide supporter” were spray painted on two businesses. The hate crime designation increases an offense to a felony. New York Civil Liberties Union Senior Policy Counsel Justin Harrison said, “With hate crimes, there’s always a concern about disparate and sort of disproportionate enforcement.... That element is perhaps heightened when you look at something like graffiti, because it is going to be enforced against somebody who tries to convey their views.” Read more about this story at Hyperallergic.