Salem Seleiman was sentenced last week to two years in state prison for his role in an antisemitic hate crime assault against Joseph “Joey” Borgen in Times Square in May 2021, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said .

Seleiman, 30, pleaded guilty on Sep. 29 in New York State Supreme Court to a count of second-degree assault and a count of third-degree assault as a hate crime.

“Salem Seleiman took part in the repugnant and bias-motivated assault of a Jewish man, who was peacefully attending a rally,” Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, stated. He added that “the victim was targeted based on his religion and did nothing to warrant physical violence.”

“In recent years, we have seen increased threats and violence against Jewish New Yorkers, and we want the community to kno

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