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The rising numbers are fueled by a 214% surge in anti-Jewish crime – with 69 crimes targeting Jewish victims reported last month, compared to 22 last October, the latest statistics show.
Under the one-size-fits-all approach of the Clean Slate Act, which the state Legislature passed this year, automatic and mandatory sealing of convictions will erase most hate crimes.
Detectives apprehended the alleged antisemitic bigot who assaulted a Jewish woman earlier this month at a Midtown subway station, police reported Tuesday.
Police have arrested the man who allegedly punched a Jewish woman in the face at a Manhattan subway stop this past weekend in what police say was a hate-fueled attack.
According to the NYPD, hate crimes have jumped 7% since the start of the Israeli Gaza War.