More Homophobic, Anti-Obama Graffiti In Astoria

ASTORIA, QUEENS — A series of graffiti was discovered on the walls of an Astoria building Tuesday morning, according to police.

The graffiti written in black spray paint outside the garage of a residential building on 23rd Street between 28th and 29th Avenues read "Obama f---t" and "Obama d--e" — same message as the ones left outside Pistilli Towers that houses the offices of Senator Michael Gianaris and Assembly Member Aravella Simotas three times last month, a spokesman for the NYPD confirmed.

A report for criminal mischief regarding the graffiti was filed with the NYPD Tuesday morning. They did not provide photos of the latest incident.

Deputy Inspector Peter Fortune, head of the 114th Precinct, told DNAinfo that similar graffiti were found on the same garage a few weeks ago, and that the same person is suspected to be behind eight or nine recent graffiti incidents in the area.

The NYPD had released a video showing the suspect last month after the third instance of graffiti found outside Pistilli Towers. The incident was being investigated by the NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force.

Image from first incident via office of Senator Gianaris