Videos show masked men vandalizing 2 NYC businesses. Why the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating

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The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating acts of vandalism at two Upper East Side businesses.

NEW YORK -- Exclusive surveillance video obtained by CBS New York shows a masked man breaking into an Upper East Side barbershop, and police say another act of vandalism happened at a nearby restaurant around the same time.Both businesses are owned by Jewish men. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is now investigating.

Business owner believes they were targetedThe glass at Rothschild was smashed right next to the mezuzah that's mounted on the restaurant's front entrance. Rothschild TLV's owner Mike Kalbo, who is Jewish, believes this was a targeted act of vandalism.'They knew where they were going,' Kalbo said.

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