Overview
- In an unusual address Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams cited a Midtown assault on Israeli tourist Rami Glickstein as evidence of escalating threats.
- He highlighted an unauthorized Governors Island display that put a Star of David on a Ku Klux Klan hood and equated Zionism with Nazism, which was swiftly removed.
- Adams said Jewish people account for 57% of hate-crime victims in New York City.
- He condemned slogans praising Hamas and reiterated that Hamas is a terrorist organization.
- Adams criticized Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani over past statements including defending the phrase "Globalize the intifada," and Mamdani's campaign declined to comment.