New York – NY State, City Officials Hold Rally At City Hall To Denounce Anti-Semitic Crimes

New York, NY – New York City officials took to the steps of City Hall Thursday to denounce the rise in anti-Semitic crimes in the city so far in 2014.

Attending the rally were New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer; Council Members David G. Greenfield, Mark Levine, Mark Treyger  and Steve Levin; State Senators Simcha Felder, Liz Krueger; representatives from the office of Public Advocate Letitia James and Councilman Chaim Deutsch; as well Michael Miller from the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and Jeff Leb from the Orthodox Union, among others.

All stood together to protest the 39 percent increase of vandalism and violence against the Jewish Community in New York City.

According to the NYPD, in 2013 there were 192 hate crimes, with 64 of them being anti-Semitic attacks including three assaults. So far this year there have been 224 total hate crimes, 89 of them anti-Semitic in nature including, eight assaults.