FILE PHOTO: Dermot Shea, police commissioner of the City of New York speaks at a news conference at Police Headquarters about Asian Hate Crimes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York City, New York, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City plans to deploy an all-Asian undercover police team and expand community outreach in more than 200 languages to combat a rise in hate crimes against Asians, authorities said on Thursday.
"If you are going to commit a hate crime in New York City, we will find you," New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said in unveiling the two-pronged plan to fight bias crimes.
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