(Jewish Group) Report: 1 of 118 anti-Jewish hate crimes in NYC resulted in significant prison term
Americans Against Anti-Semitism, a group founded by former New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind, said it has reviewed all anti-Jewish bias crimes in New York City since 2018 and found only one case in which a suspect was convicted of a hate crime and sentenced to a significant prison term.
The report, which Hikind plans to highlight at a news conference on Tuesday morning, tracked 118 cases in which mostly visibly Orthodox Jews were harassed with antisemitic slurs or assaulted. The group acknowledged that it was unable to track suspects in 34 of the cases.
“When it comes to anti-Jewish hate crimes in NYC,” the report said, “there are practically no serious consequences to be had or severe punishments to be faced by very violent and hateful criminals who’ve caused significant physical, emotional and psychological damage to their victims.”
The New York Police Department referred questions about the new report to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. A spokesman for the Brooklyn D.A. said the report was “incomplete and incorrect,” offering some specific examples of cases in which Hikind’s group failed to see the complete picture.
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