Overview
- The NYPD reported Monday that there have been 360 confirmed hate crimes in New York through July 2026 and that 205 of those, or 56.9 percent, targeted Jewish New Yorkers.
- July produced a sharp spike with 33 confirmed hate crimes citywide, 23 of which targeted Jews, a 53.3 percent rise from 15 such incidents in July 2025.
- Officials note the department now publishes both 'reported' and 'confirmed' figures after changing its method this year, a shift that affects direct comparisons with prior years and how the totals are counted.
- Law enforcement has opened investigations and brought hate-crime charges in recent violent episodes, including the Tisha B’Av double stabbing in Manhattan in which the accused, Raul Morales, faces multiple hate-crime counts, and Commissioner Jessica Tisch has engaged community leaders while the mayor has pledged stepped-up prevention funding.
- Jewish advocates and city leaders warn the concentration of attacks on a group that is about 10 percent of the city’s population has raised fear in neighborhoods and intensified calls for clearer political leadership and stronger prevention and accountability measures.