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Illustrative: Police and community safety vehicles at a Jewish event in Brooklyn, New York City, May 19, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 6, 2023, 10:56 pm
NYC police report 100 anti-Jewish hate crimes since start of year, down from 2022
Milestone reached after 23 antisemitic incidents recorded last month, as Jews remain most targeted group in city
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Police and community safety vehicles at a Jewish event in Brooklyn, New York City, May 19, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
May 12, 2023, 12:01 am
New York governor announces $25 million in funding for hate crime prevention
Package comes as Jewish New Yorkers contend with regular antisemitic incidents, remain most targeted group in NYC
By Luke Tress
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City, December 12, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
December 12, 2022, 8:27 pm
New York launches bias prevention unit as leaders vow to tackle antisemitism
Governor compares atmosphere in US to pre-war Europe in light of string of attacks, threats; mayor promises to step up punishments for perpetrators
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: New York Governor Kathy Hochul at the state Capitol in Albany, New York, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
November 22, 2022, 11:37 pm
NY governor signs anti-hate crime bill days after synagogue attack foiled
Law mandates hate crime prevention training, statewide tolerance campaign; Hochul: ‘No young Jewish boy should ever have to look over his shoulder as he’s walking to a yeshiva’
By Jacob Henry
A truck bears a pro-Republican campaign message in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, November 8, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
November 10, 2022, 1:02 am
In backing Zeldin, NY’s Orthodox community showed its limitations — and strengths
Most of the religious Jewish groups came out for losing GOP candidate but high turnout shows political sway, representatives say
By Jacob Henry
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks to supporters during her election night party, November 8, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
November 9, 2022, 9:31 am
Hochul triumphs over Jewish challenger Zeldin in close New York governor race
Democrat becomes first woman to win state gubernatorial race; Republican says close contest indicates New Yorkers ‘hitting their breaking point’
By Luke Tress
A truck bears a pro-Republican campaign message in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, November 8, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
November 9, 2022, 5:18 am
NY governor Hochul, challenger Zeldin look to Jewish community for last-minute votes
Incumbent Democrat enlists Jewish lawmakers as she fights to hold her seat, while Republican opponent drums up support in Haredi communities with a focus on yeshivas and crime
By Luke Tress
Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin greets supporters at the end of a campaign rally in Westchester, New York, October 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
November 7, 2022, 3:14 pm
Republican challenger Zeldin rallies Haredi voters in New York governor’s race
Jewish candidate draws backing from city’s religious communities with vows to protect yeshivas and crack down on crime, as Democrats enlist big names to shore up support
By Luke Tress
Republican candidate for New York Governor Lee Zeldin, left, participates in a debate against incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul hosted by Spectrum News NY1, October 25, 2022, at Pace University in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)
October 26, 2022, 5:46 pm
Crime, abortion, Trump take center stage in New York governor’s debate
Hochul blasts past support for abortion restrictions and former president by Zeldin, who vows to repeal liberal criminal justice reforms
By MARINA VILLENEUVE
Illustrative: Armed members of the Jewish community stand guard at a celebration in Monsey, New York, December 29, 2019, a day after a machete-wielding man stormed into a rabbi's home and stabbed multiple people as they celebrated Hanukkah in the Orthodox Jewish community. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
October 4, 2022, 3:34 am
Jewish gun owners sue NY leadership over law barring firearms in places of worship
Lawsuit says New York legislation infringes on constitutional rights to free religious expression and to bear arms; security expert warns against armed congregants
By Luke Tress
Members of the New York state Board of Regents vote in favor of the P-12 consent agenda including the adoption of revised statewide rules that private schools, including Jewish yeshivas, face stricter enforcement of long-standing requirements that they provide academic instruction 'substantially equivalent' to that in the public sector, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Albany, NY (AP/Hans Pennink)
September 15, 2022, 12:41 am
New York political leaders offer muted response to uproar over yeshivas
Governor, mayor, Brooklyn borough president take no sides after damning investigation into education, new state regulations for schools; Jewish state lawmakers urge more oversight
By Luke Tress
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference in New York, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
September 13, 2022, 4:12 am
New York governor announces trip to Israel, funding for Israeli startup
Governor Kathy Hochul to visit Jewish state for first time in office, pledges $1 million to electric vehicle charging company Zooz Power
By Luke Tress
Antisemitic vandalism on the wall of a New York synagogue, August 17, 2022. (Courtesy)
August 18, 2022, 12:18 am
Vandals scrawl ‘Hitler’ on New York City synagogue
Rabbi finds graffiti on outside wall of Brooklyn’s Congregation Beth Shalom, as antisemitic crime rate remains high in city
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: New York Governor Kathy Hochul at the state Capitol in Albany, New York, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
August 10, 2022, 9:22 pm
NY governor signs bill on Holocaust education to counter widespread ignorance
State officials will monitor school districts’ compliance with required lessons on genocide, as surveys show majority of young New Yorkers don’t know the basic facts
By Luke Tress
In this image taken from video provided by WHEC-TV, David Jakubonis, left, is subdued as he brandishes a sharp object during an attack US Rep. Lee Zeldin, right, as the Republican candidate for New York governor delivered a speech in Perinton, N.Y., July 21, 2022. (WHEC-TV via AP)
July 24, 2022, 8:49 am
Zeldin attacker says he had been drinking, ‘did not know’ who GOP candidate was
David Jakubonis, 43, an Iraq War veteran, tells investigators he was drinking whiskey on the day of the assault and felt New York gubernatorial candidate was disrespecting veterans
By AP and ToI Staff
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