Jewish schools, centers weigh whether to evacuate

The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y., on Tuesday. The latest in a wave of bomb threat hoaxes called into more than 20 Jewish community centers and schools across the country has again put administrators in the position of having to decide whether a threatening message on the other end of a phone line was enough to evacuate.

Amid phone threats, crucial decisions on whether to evacuate

The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. The latest in a wave of bomb threat hoaxes called into more than 20 Jewish community centers and schools across the country has again put administrators in the position of having to decide whether a threatening message on the other end of a phone line was enough to evacuate.

JCC Bomb Threats Hit Close To Home For Scarsdale Assemblywoman

Hate hit close to home for some local Westchester County politicians , as a pair of Hudson Valley Jewish community centers were among more than a dozen forced to evacuate throughout the country after being targeted by bomb threats. Shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday, the Jewish Community Center on the Hudson was evacuated in Tarrytown, when a bomb threat was made, Police Lt.

Jewish community centers remain on high alert

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered state police to join the FBI and local police to investigate bomb threats at the JCC of Mid-Westchester in Scarsdale and the JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown on Monday. Both community centers, which have nursey schools, were evacuated.

Governor Cuomo Orders Investigation into Bomb Threats Against Jewish Community Centers in NYS

Governor Cuomo: "Today we witnessed another round of bomb threats, this time directed at Jewish Community Centers in Tarrytown, Staten Island, New Rochelle, and Plainview...." Governor Cuomo: "Make no mistake: these anti-Semitic attacks are assaults on all New Yorkers and I vow that we will do everything in our power to catch those responsible for this wave of hate crimes." Albany, NY - February 27, 2017 - "Today we witnessed another round of bomb threats, this time directed at Jewish Community Centers in Tarrytown, Staten Island, New Rochelle, and Plainview , which appear to be part of a recent wave of threats against JCCs in New York and across the country.

The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017.

A former journalist fired for fabricating details in stories made at least eight of the scores of threats against Jewish institutions nationwide, including a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, as part of a bizarre campaign to harass and frame his ex-girlfriend, federal officials said Friday. Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis and appeared there in federal court Friday on a cyberstalking charge.