New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered a leadership briefing during a meeting held by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) on Feb. 1. Mayor Adams’s leadership remarks and comments addressed how his administration will move forward in collaboration with the Jewish community in order to combat the rising level of anti-Semitic hate crimes reported in the city.
Since 2020, hate crimes targeting the Jewish community in New York State have skyrocketed. In 2020 alone there were 121 reported anti-Semitic hate crimes, and in 2021 there were 179 reported crimes – a nearly 50% increase.
