NYC experiences 214% surge in anti-Jewish crimes in October amid Israel-Hamas conflict

Jews gathered in front of the New York City Public Library on 5th Ave. to protest antisemitism as End Jew Hatred in Manhattan. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images/File)

New York City saw an increase in hate crimes during the month of October, largely driven by a spike in anti-Jewish incidents amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) released its monthly crime statistics for October on Wednesday, which showed an overall downward trend in hard crimes across the Big Apple.

Even though crimes like shootings, murders, burglaries and grand larcenies were decreasing, the five boroughs saw a rise in bias incidents that were investigated by the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force.