(Bay Shore, New York) Police on Long Island have arrested four men in last week’s vandalism at the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth Center in Bay Shore, but say the attack was not a hate crime.

Suffolk County Police said 21-year-old Milagro Ruiz, 20-year-old Gilbert Geigel, 19-year-old Kerrond Miller-Jones, and 21-year-old Charles Diaz, all of Bay Shore, were charged with second degree criminal mischief.

On Feb. 2, workers arrived at the Center to find the front door smashed, all the windows of its 2003 Ford van were shattered, the mirrors ripped off and the tires slashed. The van is used to transport more than 50 youth a week to the Center for support and leadership programs.

There was no sign that the building had been entered and nothing appeared to be stolen.

Damage is estimated in the thousands of dollars and a fund raising campaign has begun to repair the damage to the van.

David Kilmnick, the Center’s CEO, said the attack sent a message to the entire gay community. “This was not a simple case of vandalism, but an attack on our entire community,” he said last week.

On Friday NY Gov. David Paterson (D) dispatched state Human Rights Commissioner Galen D. Kirkland to Bay Shore to meet with members of the LGBT community.

“We must understand that an attack on any of us is an attack on all of us,” Paterson said in a statement.

But following the arrest of the four, police said their investigation determined “it was not a hate crime” but declined to say what they believed the motive to be.