Hate crimes in New York City soared over the last year, fueled by attacks against Jewish people — even as the Big Apple boasted the safest summer on record, according to new crime statistics released by the NYPD.

The new data, released Thursday just weeks ahead of Jewish high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, revealed that overall hate crimes jumped by 15.8% compared to last year — 425 in 2026 vs. 367 in 2025.

Anti-Jewish offenses specifically have jumped by 8% and accounted for more than half of the confirmed hate crimes within the first eight months of this year, despite Jewish New Yorkers only accounting for about 10% of the Big Apple’s population.

Hate crimes in New York City soared over the last year, fueled by antisemitic attacks against Jewish people, according to new crime statistics released by the NYPD.

Stabbing victim Moshe Grunhaus is seen wounded on the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street on the Upper West Side on Thursday, July 23, 2026.

The sickening crimes — including violent ones like the stabbing of a Jewish man outside of an Upper West Side synagogue in July — have continued to rise, even as the NYPD said it had overseen the safest summer ever recorded.

City Council Speaker Julie Menin called the unsettling trend “unconscionable.”

“I’m deeply troubled by the year-to-date rise in hate crimes and alarmed that half of those attacks targeted Jewish New Yorkers, even though our community represents only 10% of our city’s population,” Menin, who is Jewish, told The Post.

“This report underscores why as the Council’s first Jewish Speaker, my very first initiative was a Five-Point Plan to Combat Antisemitism, including a $1.25 million investment in Holocaust education. The pervasiveness of hatred across our city is simply unconscionable, and we cannot allow it to continue.”

Local Jewish leaders have blamed Mamdani’s outspoken rhetoric against Israel — including accusing the Jewish state of committing a “genocide” in Gaza and calling for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — for the dramatic uptick in antisemitic attacks.

After the July attack, the Trump Justice Department sent a letter to Mamdani demanding answers about the “unequal treatment” of Jews and announced it was “actively” investigating antisemitic crimes in New York City.

“The Justice Department is taking antisemitism very seriously,’’ said US Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference alongside NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Sept. 1, 2026, in Times Square, Manhattan.

“The king of antisemitism is none other than Mayor Mamdani,” she added.

Just this week, the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor confronted and shamed the socialist mayor while he visited a Jewish store in Brooklyn over the rise in anti-Jewish hate across the city.

“It’s all because of you we have so much antisemitism,” pro-Israel activist Stephanie Benshimol yelled at Mamdani.

“Shame on you for coming to Borough Park where my Bubbie came after the Holocaust!” she roared.

Larry Montes is taken into custody after reportedly assaulting someone at Central Synagogue.

Mamdani has insisted he takes antisemitism seriously and has significantly increased funding to combat hate.

Last month, confirmed anti-Jewish hate crimes dropped 13.6% when compared to August 2025, the NYPD said.

“The decline in confirmed anti-Jewish hate crimes in August is encouraging, but the increase we have seen year-to-date remains deeply concerning,” City Hall rep Sam Raskin said Thursday. “Jewish New Yorkers should never have to change how they live, worship or move through their city because of fear.”

An Orthodox Jewish man’s hat was stolen in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. The suspect was arrested for robbery and hate crime assault.

Raskin said the administration increased hate crime prevention funding by more than 800% and expanded the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism.

Meanwhile, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch celebrated historic lows on crime statistics the department recorded this summer.

From June 1 through August 31, the city saw the lowest number of shooting incidents, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history over the same time period.

There were 195 shootings reported over the summer, 32 less than the record low of 227 set last year.

There were 249 shooting victims, 44 fewer than the previous record low of 293 set in 2018, and 66 murders, 12 fewer than the previous record low of 78 in 2017.

Source: https://nypost.com/2026/09/03/us-news/hate-crimes-surge-in-nyc-with-over-half-targeting-jews-nypd-stats-show/