Overview
- Police logged 31 suspected anti-Jewish hate crimes, representing 54% of 58 bias incidents reported citywide in January.
- Overall reported hate crimes increased about 152% from January 2025, according to figures released Monday.
- A 17-year-old at Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights was arrested and charged after an email threatened to kill Jewish people, and the Hate Crimes Task Force is involved.
- Active investigations include a car repeatedly ramming Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heights and dozens of swastikas drawn on a Borough Park playground.
- City Council members announced a Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and proposed new measures, while discussion intensifies over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rollback of Adams-era orders including the IHRA definition.