NYC steps up security at Jewish institutions following fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy workers

Mayor Eric Adams spoke to New Yorkers after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC were fatally shot on Wednesday, calling the incident an act of violence that is “unacceptable and not tolerated.”

During a press conference on May 22, while flanked by leaders of different religious groups, Adams said the two staffers, a young couple named Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, were shot to death outside a Jewish museum in the nation’s capital in what officials called an antisemitic attack.