Overview
- The NYPD reported 360 confirmed hate crimes from January through July 2026, with 205 of those targeting Jewish New Yorkers, and the department said July saw 33 confirmed hate crimes of which 23 were anti‑Jewish.
- July’s anti‑Jewish total was a 53.3 percent year‑over‑year jump from 15 incidents in July 2025, a spike that followed widely reported attacks including a double stabbing on Tisha B’Av for which Raul Morales faces multiple hate‑crime charges.
- The city briefly published only ‘confirmed’ hate crimes early this year before pledging to release both ‘reported’ and ‘confirmed’ figures, and the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force decides confirmations in consultation with the department’s legal bureau.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has condemned antisemitism and said his administration boosted the Office of Hate Crime Prevention’s budget by more than 800 percent, while Israeli officials and several Jewish groups say his public statements about Israel may be contributing to tensions.
- Police officials also said New York recorded record lows in shootings and murders for July and the first seven months of 2026, and community leaders warn that many bias incidents go unreported so official counts may understate the total harm.