Car slams into entrance of New York City synagogue, no injuries reported

A car slammed into the entrance of the headquarters of a Jewish religious order in New York City on Wednesday in an incident that police said they were investigating as a hate crime.



No injuries were reported from the incident at the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn and police said the driver was arrested. Chabad followers, also known as Lubavitchers, belong to the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic school of Judaism.



New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdanis aid the man who was arrested "intentionally, and repeatedly, crashed his car into the building." Mamdani, who said he visited the location after the incident, described the act as "horrifying" and "deeply alarming" in a social media post.



New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the driver of the vehicle was arrested and a bomb squad found no explosive devices in the car.



Tisch told reporters the incident was being investigated as a hate crime by the New York City Police Department's hate crimes task force.