Jews, who make up about 10% of New Yorkers, were the targets of nearly 70% of all hate crimes in the Big Apple last month, according to newly released city data, and anti-Jewish hate crimes, which the city said it confirmed, were up 53.3% compared to the same period last year.

The New York City Police Department said that it recorded 33 “confirmed” hate crimes in the city last month, of which 23 targeted Jews (69.6%). In July 2025, there were 15 anti-Jewish hate crimes in the city, it said.

Muslims were targets of five “confirmed” hate crimes last month in New York City, or 15% of all hate crimes, which was up from two such incidents last year in July.

After recording a 182% increase in anti-Jewish hate crimes in the Big Apple in January, in Zohran Mamdani’s first month as mayor, the city began publishing only “confirmed” hate crimes and not “reported” ones in February. That suggested a decline, although it was hard to compare 2026 statistics with those from 2025.

In March, the city said that it would publish both “confirmed” and “reported” statistics separately each month. The city provides a comparison between “confirmed” 2026 statistics and the prior year, but not of “reported” hate crimes.

Last month, 29 of 50 “reported” hate crimes in New York City (58%) targeted Jews, compared to six (12%) that targeted Muslims.

There have been 360 “confirmed” hate crimes so far in 2026, up 9.4% from the 329 in 2025, according to the NYPD.

Of the 360, 205 have targeted Jews (56.9%), and 26 have targeted Muslims (about 7%). Jews were targeted 8.5% more often so far this year compared to the 189 times in that span last year, and Muslims were targeted 62.5% more this year than the 16 times recorded in that span last year, the department said.

Julie Menin, the first Jewish speaker of the New York City Council, told JNS that “I remain deeply concerned and very troubled by the unacceptable spike in hate crimes, particularly driven by those targeting Jewish New Yorkers.”

The data underscores why her “very first initiative was a five-point plan to combat antisemitism,” Menin told JNS. “I will not waver in the fight to protect our communities from hatred.”

Brandon Pinsker, acting American Jewish Committee director for New York, told JNS that the rise of anti-Jewish hate crimes “should alarm every New Yorker.”

“Irresponsible rhetoric, selective condemnation and political indifference” have allowed anti-Jewish hate “to become normalized,” he said. “Antisemitism is not only a Jewish issue. It is an attack on the values and institutions of a democratic society.”

Pinsker told JNS that elected officials at every level should respond “with moral clarity,” condemning antisemitism unequivocally and taking “decisive action to make New York safer for its Jewish community.”

Rabbi Josh Joseph, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Orthodox Union, told JNS that the statistics are “a dark stain on the city” that “only tell part of the story.”

“Each of these hate crimes has a victim that lives with the consequences of the crime,” he told JNS. “Their family, friends and broader community also feel the lasting effects.”

“We are not shocked by the rise in hate crimes, because it aligns with the rise in tolerance for hate,” he said. “We must return to a civil society that does not accept the singling out of any people. We count on our mayor who has time and time again committed to protecting us. It is beyond time for him to live up to his promises.”

Avi Posnick, executive director of StandWithUs Northeast, told JNS that “it is unfortunate but no surprise that since Mayor Mamdani took office, hate crimes, especially antisemitic ones, continue to skyrocket.”

“Mamdani’s dangerous lies about Israel and the destructive agendas he promotes fuel this continued rise,” he said. “Numbers show that New York City is a more antisemitic city this year than under the previous administrations. Change must start from the top to reverse New York City’s disastrous trajectory.”

The city stated that the NYPD hate crime task force probes “allegations of hate crimes and bias-motivated incidents.”

“After an incident is flagged as a possible hate crime,” the task force “investigates and determines, in consultation with the NYPD legal bureau, whether it constitutes a hate crime under New York state law,” it said. “If an incident is deemed a hate crime under the law, it will be categorized as a confirmed hate crime. The NYPD provides data on confirmed hate crimes along with all reported hate crimes regardless of whether they are ultimately confirmed as hate crimes by the HCTF.”

“The disclosure of both sets of numbers enhances transparency and reflects best practices in connection with hate crime reporting,” it said.

Jessica Tisch, commissioner of the NYPD, stated that there had been the fewest shootings and murders ever in the city last month and in the first seven months of the year.

“This summer, the NYPD was called upon to manage an unprecedented series of major and overlapping events, including the NBA Finals, the World Cup, Sail 250 and the largest Fourth of July celebration in the country,” the Jewish commissioner stated. “Through it all, even as the demands on this department reached historic levels, the men and women of the NYPD delivered double-digit declines in major crime and record lows in violent crime across the city.”

“For the first seven months of this year and in the month of July, New York City experienced the fewest murders, shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history,” she stated. “These incredible public safety achievements are the result of our data-driven precision policing strategy and the tireless work of the members of the NYPD whose long hours and dedication continue to make New York City safer.” JNS

{Matzav.com}