Police logged 56 suspected antisemitic hate crimes citywide in February, up from 11 in February 2021.
In January there were 15 such crimes recorded by police. The spike in antisemitic crimes comes amid rising hate incidents against multiple groups in New York, including increases inEric Dinowitz, the chair of the New York City Council's Jewish Caucus, said the crimes resonate beyond their immediate victims.
"When antisemitic hate crimes are on the rise, the entire Jewish community feels it. The entire Jewish community feels the pain, they share in the pain and they share in the anxiety," Dinowitz said."That's what hate crimes do, we see it with our, Asian American brothers and sisters, as hate crimes are on the rise in that community as well."
Dinowitz said he plans to propose legislation that would expand the information the NYPD is required to publish each month, including the results of
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