Public Safety & Justice Active Updated Oct 7, 2026
The wave of antisemitic attacks
New York has seen a string of hate-motivated attacks on Jewish New Yorkers this year, from swastikas spray-painted in Brooklyn and Queens in January to a hate-crime stabbing on the Upper West Side in late July to a man storming Central Synagogue's Shabbat service and striking a congregant. Each incident has drawn promises from the mayor, police commissioner and Council speaker that it will not happen again, testing whether the city's response goes beyond statements.
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Oct 7, 2026 Latest
The NYPD's nine-month figures showed confirmed hate crimes up 12.9%, with 463 through September versus 410 a year earlier, and more than half targeting Jewish New Yorkers, even as the city hit record lows in major crime, the New York Post and ABC7 reported.
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Sep 29, 2026
Mayor Mamdani released a strategy to combat antisemitism with $6.4 million for community groups and $1 million for synagogue and house-of-worship security, plus public service announcements. The report does not adopt a single definition of antisemitism, saying the city does not need one to fight it, and Gov. Hochul declined to weigh in on the plan, the New York Post reported.
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Gothamist 
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Sep 10, 2026
A man was indicted on hate crime charges after storming Central Synagogue's Shabbat service, Gothamist reported, as the NYPD said confirmed hate crimes are up 16% this year, with more than half targeting Jewish New Yorkers, who make up about 10% of the city's population, and added extra patrols at synagogues and yeshivas for 9/11 and the Jewish High Holidays.
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Sep 4, 2026
NYPD data showed New York City had its safest summer on record for shootings and murders, but hate crimes rose more than 15% year to date, with anti-Jewish incidents driving most of the increase, NBC New York and Gothamist reported; felony assaults also rose about 3% in August.
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Aug 20, 2026
Jewish New Yorkers and interfaith allies rallied in Midtown five days after Larry Montes stormed Central Synagogue's Shabbat service, with Rabbi Avi Weiss telling Mayor Mamdani his rhetoric has put a target on synagogues. The NYPD said antisemitic incidents made up 56% of the city's hate crimes in the year's first seven months, up 8.5%.
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Aug 19, 2026
Federal prosecutors charged Larry Montes, who stormed Central Synagogue's Shabbat service and headbutted a security guard, with hate crimes carrying up to 40 years. The NYPD said it has logged 360 hate crimes citywide since Aug. 1, with 205 targeting Jewish New Yorkers.
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Aug 18, 2026
The NYPD said it has logged 360 hate crimes citywide since Aug. 1, with more than half targeting Jewish New Yorkers, as Mayor Mamdani condemned the Central Synagogue assault.
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Aug 16, 2026
Larry Montes, 46, stormed Central Synagogue on Lexington Avenue during Friday night Shabbat services, struck a 63-year-old congregant in the face and headbutted a member of the security team, allegedly calling worshippers 'swine' and 'fake Jews.' He faces 14 charges including four counts of assault as a hate crime, and Judge Janice Chen set bail at $10,000 cash or a $30,000 bond, below the $50,000 cash prosecutors sought.
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