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Antisemitic hate crimes in NY surge by 182% in January 2026 compared to previous year

NYPD figures show antisemitic hate crimes surged in New York City in January, with Jews targeted in the majority of reported bias incidents.

The skyline of Lower Manhattan is seen at dawn from across the Hudson River in New York City, US, October 18, 2025.
Members of the Orthodox Jewish community walk past NYPD officers as they stand guard outside of Congregation Shaarei Zion of Bobov on June 02, 2025 in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City (Illustrative).

NYPD: 'Kill all the Jews' email sent to 300 students leads to teen arrest

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Christine Clarke as chair and commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, New York

Mamdani condemns pro-Hamas chant as ‘support of a terrorist organization’ in online post

A Jewish family walks in Manhattan, NY, May 3, 2024.

'Curse all of you': Queens man indicted for threatening to kill Jews, Zionists, police


Orthodox NYPD recruit to receive top award at police graduation

Pearlman joins the force as it grapples with the surge in antisemitism across the city and raucous anti-Israel protests that have disrupted city life on the streets.

 NYPD recruit Allan Pearlman outside the police academy.

NYPD reports 45 antisemitic incidents last month, 57% of all hate crimes in the city

Several post-Oct. 7 incidents are being pursued by prosecutors, including one in which a suspect allegedly punched a Jewish Israeli near Times Square while shouting antisemitic epithets.

 Orthodox Jews in New York

NYC: Five people pelt Jew with traffic cones, bottles, antisemitic abuse 

An orthodox Jewish man faced antisemitic abuse and was pelted with bottles and traffic cones by a group of five people.

 Suspects from a June 6 antisemitic assault in New York City.

NYPD to step up security for Israel parade, but says there are no known threats

The mayor and police officials stressed that protesters have the right to demonstrate, within legal limits.

 A delegation from the American Jewish Committee marches in the Celebrate Israel parade in New York City, June 4, 2023.

Man attempts to run down Jewish students in Brooklyn

Near the Mesivta Nachlas Yakov Vien Yeshiva, Asghar Ali, 58, reportedly shouted antisemitic statements before driving onto the sidewalk in an alleged attempt to hit two men and three teenagers.

 Members of the NYPD and Federal Law Enforcement create a security perimeter on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 18, 2023.

NYPD seek vandals who drew swastika on repeatedly defaced Israeli cafe

The New York City Police Department seeks information on vandals targeting an Israeli cafe with swastikas and anti-Zionist messages, offering a reward for details.

 An NYPD car.

NYPD clash with protesters, makes dozens of arrests at pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brooklyn

Led with banners reading 'Resistance by any means necessary,' 'Resisting the Nakba since 1948,' and 'From Gaza to Jenin, revolution until victory,' demonstrators marched through Brooklyn.

 Pro-Palestinian protesters attend "Flood Brooklyn for Gaza" demonstration, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas continues, in New York, US, October 28, 2023.

NYC deputy mayor charges Washington Post after story on pro-Israel Jewish entrepreneurs

Thursday’s article describes a “group of billionaires and business titans working to shape US public opinion of the war in Gaza.”

A general view of the exterior of The Washington Post Company headquarters in Washington

New York City said 'no injuries' at Columbia encampment arrests, medical records say otherwise

Several students said officers knelt forcefully on their backs. New York City passed a law in 2020 prohibiting police from using knee restraints that compress the diaphragm.

 Police stand guard near an encampment of protesters supporting Palestinians on the grounds of Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, US, April 30, 2024.

Anti-Israel activists deface WWI, Civil War memorials, burn US flag

Anti-Israel activists vandalized American war memorials during a New York protest, burning the flag. Mayor condemned vandalism, offering rewards for arrests.

 Memorial statue defaced by anti-Israel activists in New York. (Illustrative) Uploaded on 8/5/2024