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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks to the media outside the home of rabbi Chaim Rottenbergin in Monsey, N.Y., on Dec. 29, 2019 after a machete attack that took place earlier outside the rabbi's home during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in Monsey, N.Y. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images
Gov. Andrew Cuomo described the machete attack during a Hanukkah celebration at a New York rabbi’s home as an “act of terrorism.”
In the attack, five people were stabbed in the basement of Hasidic Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg’s home on Saturday night in Monsey, located in Rockland County. Dozens of people were at his home, which is located next to a synagogue.
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