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ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS ARE SURGING IN POST-PANDEMIC NYC

by Matt Katz
Published April 11, 2022

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People sought by NYPD in an assault this month against a 21-year-old dressed in
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People sought by NYPD in an assault this month against a 21-year-old dressed in
traditional Hasidic attire in Brooklyn.
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After a pandemic lull, anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City are at historic
highs.

The NYPD says there were 86 anti-Jewish hate crimes in the city in the first
three months of this year. At this rate, annual totals would far exceed the 242
reported in 2019 – itself a record before the number dropped during the COVID
lockdown.

In an incident that took place on a Saturday evening earlier this month, which
is the end of the Jewish Sabbath, teens armed with a sword threatened and made
anti-Semitic remarks to six yarmulke-wearing boys on the Upper West Side,
according to the NYPD and the Anti-Defamation League.

The day before in Williamsburg, police said, a Hasidic man was assaulted in the
sort of unprovoked attack that has become increasingly common in recent years --
Brooklynites who are visibly identifiable as Jews, due to their garb and hair
coverings, are often the victims of anti-Semitic attacks. In that case, a
16-year-old boy was charged. His accomplices are still at large. The ADL offered
a $10,000 reward for information leading to his accomplices’ arrests and
convictions.

While there’s been a surge in anti-Asian crimes in the city, statistics show
that Jews are still the most targeted hate crime victims. Of the 524 hate crimes
recorded in the city last year, 198 were designated as anti-Jewish and 131 as
anti-Asian.

Scott Richman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said after his
agency recorded more anti-Semitic incidents nationwide in 2019 than at any time
in the last 40 years of collecting data, there was a dip during the pandemic.
But “we began seeing toward the end of 2021 a rise again in these same types of
assaults, and it’s been pretty much non-stop since the end of 2021.”

In the past six months in New York and New Jersey, the ADL offered 10 rewards
for information leading to the conviction of someone for such a crime, which is
far higher than normal.

But most hate crimes do not end in arrests. In 2020, there were 121 anti-Jewish
crimes and 25 arrests; in 2019, there were 242 crimes and 42 arrests, according
to police data. Last year just more than a quarter of such hate crimes ended in
arrests.

Anti-Semitic comments on social media are also higher than ever, Richman said.
The ADL investigates about 30 incidents a week in New York. The city sees more
anti-Semitic incidents than anywhere in the country; it also has the largest
Jewish population outside of Israel.

Anti-Semitic graffiti, like swastikas, are among the most common types of
incidents. Recently, anti-Semitic hate speech was found scrawled outside an
Upper West Side restaurant.

Richman said the city needs to be pro-active in preventing anti-Semitism, like
through the ADL’s anti-bias program for schools, called “No Place For Hate.”

In rolling back bail reform measures in her budget last week, Governor Kathy
Hochul said there’s a provision to make more hate crimes subject to arrest. The
city council is also seeking an additional $5 million this year in Mayor Eric
Adams’ budget to combat hate crimes.


Matt Katz
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Matt Katz reports on public safety, focusing on decarceration and the equitable
enforcement of laws. He has investigated abuse in ICE detention and covered
former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, sharing a Peabody Award for coverage of
Bridgegate and writing a book, "American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to
Redemption." Once upon a time, he wrote a syndicated dating column.
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