New York City Antisemitism Strategy Announcement

Over the last year, I've met with Jewish New Yorkers across

the five boroughs.

I've met with them in their dining rooms, sat with them on the subway, and spoke to

them in their shuls.

Time and again, I've heard the same thing: antisemitism is real,

and it is growing. Here in New York City, while our Jewish neighbors make up only

twelve percent of the population, NYPD statistics show that

antisemitic hate crimes account for more than half of all confirmed hate

crimes. This is not only unacceptable, it's something we all have an

obligation to change, and City Hall will lead the way.

That is why today I'm proud to announce the nation's first ever municipal

strategy to combat antisemitism, a roadmap for how our

administration will confront the scourge of antisemitism now and in

the future. We are increasing hate crime prevention

funding by

twenty-six million dollars, or more than eight hundred percent from

last year.

This plan makes a six point four million dollar investment in community-based

organizations preventing hate violence, more than doubling last year's

funding. We are restarting the Interagency Security

Infrastructure Working

Group that was disbanded in twenty twenty-four so that city agencies from

the NYPD to the Department of Transportation can work

together to identify threats and protect Jewish New Yorkers

before a hate crime occurs. But our responsibility goes

beyond protection. Jewish New Yorkers should feel cherished

and

celebrated in the most Jewish city in America.

That's why we are investing millions in Jewish cultural centers and

nonprofits, including two million dollars for the

Queen's Holocaust Memorial

Garden and two point five million dollars towards Brooklyn's Center for New

Jewish Culture. While these efforts are aimed at protecting our Jewish

neighbors, they will benefit all New Yorkers.

Our safety is bound up together. The Mishnah teaches us that

anyone who sustains one soul, it is as though they have sustained an

entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have

sustained our city. Leonard Bernstein filled cavernous

theaters with awe.

Clara Lemlich won rights that protect workers to this day.

Kleinfeld Bridal dressed us for our most special days, and Katz's has fed

us for more than a century. Today, we hold a responsibility to

sustain and protect our Jewish neighbors, a

responsibility that belongs to each of us.

That is the work we are undertaking at City Hall,

and I am asking every New

Yorker to join us.

Thank you.