NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul heard firsthand from people affected by hate crimes in Manhattan on Thursday ahead of remarks touting a bill package that would add 31 offenses to the state’s statute of hate crimes, including first-degree murder, rape, graffiti vandalism and arson. Hochul praised the proposed bill package dubbed The Hate Crime Modernization Act at a press briefing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan following a roundtable discussion with various groups targeted by hate crimes. “We just don’t understand where these forces are coming from, why they feel empowered li…