Hate Crime Resources

Farmingdale State College Hate Crime Reporting Page

Farmingdale State College is committed to a campus environment that supports diversity, equity and inclusion and will provide support to individuals who report incidents of bias or hate.

What is a bias act?

A bias act is conduct that adversely and unfairly targets an individual or group based on the social identity categories of national origin, ethnicity, race, age, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, color, creed, marital status, any combination of these characteristics or any other group protected by law.

The perpetrators may be known or unknown. The act may be verbal, written, or physical, and occur on Farmingdale State College campus or within an area that affects the campus community. Activities protected by the First Amendment will not constitute bias acts. 

What is a hate crime?

Per New York State Penal Law § 485.05: A person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified criminal offense and either intentionally commits the act or intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is committed in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct. 

In keeping with the New York State Law (NYS EDN Article 129-A, section 6433) Farmingdale State College is reporting on Hate Crimes that have occurred on campus for the past three years.

 
Hate Offense Statistics

• For Calendar Year 2021 there was one (1) report of making graffiti evidencing racial bias that occurred on campus.
• For Calendar Year 2022 there was one (1) report of making graffiti evidencing sexual orientation bias that occurred on campus and one (1) report of making graffiti evidencing religious bias that occurred on campus.
• For Calendar Year 2023 there was (1) report of intimidation during  in-person dispute evidencing religious bias that occurred on campus.

 
The above statistics are representative of the Federal Hate Crime definition which is broader than the New York State definition as the Federal definition captures all criminal offenses, and the New York State definition only includes certain specified offenses.

We encourage any campus community member who experiences or witnesses a Hate Crime to report this incident immediately by contacting the University Police Department at (934) 420-2111.

Resources for Victims of Hate/Bias Crimes

NY State Anti-hate Crime Resource https://www.ny.gov/hate-crimes-task-force/new-york-state-anti-hate-crime-resource-guide

United States Department of Justice Hate Crime - NY https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/state-data/new-york

NY State - Stop Asian Hate https://www.governor.ny.gov/programs/stop-asian-hate

Anti-Defamation League https://www.adl.org/

Resources for Victims of Racial Discrimination

NY State - Racial Discrimination  https://dhr.ny.gov/racial-discrimination

Farmingdale State College provides an interactive Student Orientation program which includes training for all students providing information about bias-related hate crimes (please see presentation slide below).