Apartment Building Of New York Times Executive Editor Vandalized With Red Paint In Manhattan

The Manhattan building wherever New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn lives was vandalized pinch reddish overgarment connected Friday.

Police responded to nan building successful Greenwich Village astatine astir 4:45 a.m. for a telephone reporting graffiti.

"Upon arrival, officers observed overgarment connected nan beforehand steps and doors of nan supra location," nan NYPD said successful a statement.

Kahn, 61, a journalist who serves arsenic nan NYT’s existent executive editor, lives successful nan building, nan newspaper confirmed.

Photos from nan segment show nan reddish overgarment splattered each complete nan building's facade, and a connection successful achromatic connected nan level successful beforehand of nan entrance: "Joe Kahn Lies Gaza Dies."

New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn. Celeste Sloman for The New York Times via AP

"People are free to disagree pinch The New York Times’s reporting but vandalism and targeting of individuals and their families crosses a statement and we will activity pinch authorities to reside it," a spokesperson for nan insubstantial told NBC News successful a statement.

No arrests person been made successful relationship pinch nan incident and nan investigation is ongoing, constabulary said.

Graffiti connected nan sidewalk extracurricular Kahn's residence sounds "Joe Kahn Lies Gaza Dies." Kyle Mazza / Anadolu via Getty Images

This is not nan first clip nan NYT was targeted for its sum of Israel's warfare connected Gaza.

A period ago, nan newspaper's office successful Times Square were besides vandalized pinch reddish paint. The connection "NYT lies Gaza dies" was near connected nan building's facade.

Workers region reddish overgarment splashed crossed nan destruction of The New York Times Building connected July 30.Melissa Bender / NurPhoto via AP file

In a connection issued astatine nan time, NYT spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha said nan warfare successful Gaza "is 1 of nan astir divisive world events successful caller history."

"As an independent news organization, we person disapproval regularly from those representing entrenched perspectives, hoping to alteration our reporting," Rhoades Ha said. "While we support nan correct of groups and individuals to definitive their constituent of view, we will not fto defense groups sway america from covering nan conflict afloat and fairly."

No arrests person been made successful relationship pinch July's incident arsenic of yet, constabulary said. The investigation is ongoing.