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Here is the first look at the preppy NYU student from Connecticut accused of raising a flag bearing two swastikas next to a Star of David at a campus building dedicated to a Jewish donor.<\/p>\n

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Alexander Stepnowsky, 23, wore a baby-blue button-down shirt and tan khakis to his routine preliminary Manhattan court hearing Tuesday in his hate-crimes case stemming from the disturbing May incident.<\/p>\n

The pupil hoisted the troubling banner \u2014 which also included a New York University logo and was designed to look like one of the prestigious school\u2019s purple-and-white flags \u2014 during this year\u2019s graduation festivities, prosecutors claim.<\/p>\n

The Fairfield resident admitted to the conduct, claiming he raised the flag because he was upset with how NYU handled political issues around Israel, law-enforcement sources told The Post.<\/p>\n

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Stepnowsky has pleaded not guilty to charges of burglary and criminal trespass as a hate crime, as well as first-degree aggravated harassment. <\/p>\n

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He was previously released on his own recognizance and is due back in court in October.<\/p>\n

NYU officials said after Stepnowsky\u2019s arrest that they were investigating the \u201cheinous\u201d episode and considering a range of punishments, including Stepnowsky\u2019s expulsion. <\/p>\n

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