NYPD deploying extra patrols near synagogues for High Holy Days, Oct. 7 anniversary
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The nation's largest police force is deploying extra patrols near synagogues, heavy weapons teams and K-9 units as Jews mark the new year beginning at sundown Wednesday evening.
"We got this," Mayor Eric Adams said. "This city is under watch."
There will be cameras trained on an additional 50 locations identified by the NYPD as sensitive, Chief John Chell said.
The looming anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the Iranian missile strike on Israel make the already heightened threat environment "ratcheted up even further," deputy police commissioner Rebecca Weiner said, adding no credible threats have been identified.
New Yorkers may see more heavily armed Hercules teams of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit and uniformed officers in marked police vehicles at Jewish institutions, synagogues, foreign consulates and public places like Times Square and Central Park.
Hate crimes against Jews represent 56% of all hate crimes in the last year. Most of them involve graffiti or aggravated assaults. There were 22 instances of violence.
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