Overview
- ADL leaders called on Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Curtis Sliwa to unequivocally condemn antisemitism and lay out specific plans to protect the Jewish community.
- The organization reports nearly 1,000 antisemitic incidents in 2024—more than any other U.S. city—with more than half of NYC hate crimes last year targeting Jewish residents.
- Recent cases include assaults on Orthodox Jews, threats to synagogues, and online plots against Brooklyn Jewish centers, with Orthodox New Yorkers disproportionately targeted.
- Preliminary 2025 figures point to hundreds more incidents and an increasing share linked to anti-Israel extremism that the ADL says has targeted Jewish institutions and spurred hostile protests.
- The 7 p.m. debate on NY1 comes as the ADL urges moderators to press for concrete steps, including responses to chants and slogans such as “globalize the intifada.”