He says the NYPD Hate Crimes Unit is investigating the incident. The councilman and religious and community leaders are holding a news conference about the incident on Thursday.
Statue stolen from Filipino center
NEW YORK Councilman James Gennaro says the statue of San Lorenzo Ruiz de
Manila, a Filipino Catholic martyr and saint, was found stolen on
Tuesday. He says someone chopped off the statue at the ankles and
stole it from the San Lorenzo Ruiz Spiritual Center in Jamaica
Hill, Queens.
