NEW YORK — Three people have been charged with hate crimes in connection with the red paint that was smeared on the homes of Brooklyn Museum officials during a wave of pro-Palestinian protests this summer, prosecutors announced Monday.

Taylor Pelton, Samuel Seligson and Gabriel Schubiner, all of New York, face a variety of charges including making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, criminal mischief as a hate crime, making graffiti, possession of graffiti instruments and conspiracy.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said the three, along with others who have not yet been arrested, specifically targeted members of the museum’s board of directors with Jewish-sounding names in the early morning hours of July 12. June.

Among the vandalized homes were those of the museum’s director, Anne Pasternak, its president and chief operating officer, Kimberly Trueblood, and board chairwoman Barbara Vogelstein.

“These defendants allegedly attacked members of the museum’s board of directors with threats and anti-Semitic graffiti based on their perceived heritage,” González said in a statement. “These actions are not protests; they are hate crimes.”

Using red paint, the vandals scrawled phrases like “Brooklyn Museum, blood on your hands” and hung banners with the names of board members, along with phrases like “blood on your hands, war crimes, genocide funds.” and “White Supremacist.” Zionist,” according to prosecutors.

The banners also included red handprints, anarchy symbols and inverted red triangles that prosecutors say are associated with Hamas, which carried out the Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in course in Gaza.

Prosecutors say the group spray-painted security cameras so they couldn’t be identified while defacing properties, but were captured on other surveillance video transporting supplies to and from Pelton’s vehicle.

They also said a stencil found at one of the locations had a fingerprint covered in red paint that was identified as Schubiner’s.

Schubiner, who is 36 and lives in Brooklyn, was arraigned Monday and released without bail. Seligson, 32, also of Brooklyn, and Pelton, 28, of Queens, are expected to be arraigned next week.

Schubiner and Pelton are charged with 25 counts each, while Seligson faces 17, according to prosecutors. The most serious charge the three face is making a terrorist threat as a hate crime.

Lawyers for the three did not immediately respond to emails Monday seeking comment.

Seligson’s lawyer, Leena Widdi, has said her client is a freelance videographer and was acting in his capacity as an accredited member of the media. He described the hate crime charges as an “appalling” overreach by law enforcement.

Pelton’s lawyer, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, has criticized the arrest as an example of the “growing tendency to characterize actions of solidarity with Palestine as hate crimes.”

Hundreds of protesters marched to the Brooklyn Museum in May, briefly setting up tents in the lobby and unfurling a “Free Palestine” banner from the roof before police moved in to make dozens of arrests. Organizers of that rally said the museum was “deeply involved in and complicit” in Israel’s military actions in Gaza through its leaders, administrators, corporate sponsors and donors, a claim museum officials have denied.