Overview
- The mayor toured the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn on Monday with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Council Member Crystal Hudson.
- The visit was closed to the press, and his public schedule listed only a 1 p.m. stop at “a Children’s Museum.”
- After the tour, his official account posted photos and praised Devorah Halberstam, noting Jewish American Heritage Month.
- Museum co-founder Devorah Halberstam led the tour and discussed her son Ari’s 1994 murder and her work that helped shape New York terrorism and hate-crime responses.
- Council Member Hudson proposed bringing public school students to the museum, which hosts said they hope will move forward with the mayor’s support.