The NYPD added three anti-Muslim and 20 anti-Jewish hate crimes to its tallies for the one-week period ending Sunday, according to new data shared Monday with Gothamist.
The new data comes two weeks after the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the fighting that has ensued. They bring the total number of reported hate crime complaints against Muslims so far this year to 12, and against Jews to 196, according to the NYPD.
The number of incidents for both groups is still down compared to this time last year, when 18 anti-Muslim hate crimes and 208 antisemitic hate crimes were reported.
Neither the NYPD nor Director Hassan Naveed of the city Office for Prevention of Hate Crimes immediately responded to a request for comment on the new data. The NYPD has not released complaints data for weeks prior to Oct. 7, making it difficult to draw comparisons.
Last week, for the period of Oct. 8-15, the NYPD released data showing two anti-Muslim hate crimes and 15 antisemitic hate crimes were added to the department’s yearlong tally. The numbers are subject to change because some cases are still under investigation and ultimately could be deemed not to be hate crimes at all.
Additionally, the department has not specified exactly when the additional acts occurred, only that new hate crimes were added to the running tallies during the specified week.
Local Jewish and Muslim leaders say their communities are on edge due to a potential rise in identity-based attacks, and law enforcement and other public officials have predicted an increase in religious hate crimes and bias complaints.
The FBI and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland recently warned of increased threats against Jewish and Muslim Americans.
Local Muslim advocacy organizations — the New Jersey and New York Chapters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Majils Ash-Shura, also known as the Islamic Leadership Council of New York — say they’ve received a flood of complaints about anti-Muslim harassment and…
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