Several synagogues and private homes in the Queens borough of New York City were spray-painted with swastikas overnight Monday, prompting visits from city council members and a police investigation. New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who toured multiple vandalized sites including Congregation Machane Chodosh in the Forest Hills neighbourhood, described congregants and families arriving to find antisemitic symbols on walls, garage doors, and windows. Police are searching for at least four suspects, and the graffiti will be removed once the investigation concludes — the latest in a series of antisemitic incidents in the city following a similar case in January, when two teenagers were charged with hate crimes after swastikas were painted on a Brooklyn playground.