The NYPD is on high alert for Sunday’s Israel Day parade on Fifth Ave. in Manhattan, warning that “extremists across the ideological spectrum and other grievance-driven malicious actors” may look to strike the high-profile event, according to a police department threat assessment.
There will be extra security measures in place due to the war in Gaza, which was sparked by an Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists against Israel, though there are no specific credible threats, police sources told the Daily News.
Hate crimes, particularly against Jews, have spiked in the city since then, most recently on Wednesday morning when a cabbie passing a yeshiva in East Flatbush, Brooklyn verbally assaulted a group of Jewish people before driving up on the sidewalk and trying to run them down, police said.
Courtesy Yeshiva World News
Video surveillance captures the moment when a driver of a white Ford Crown Victoria mounted the sidewalk, attempting to run over members of the Yeshiva Mesivta Nachlas Yakov School in East Flatbush on Wednesday, according to cops. (Courtesy Yeshiva World News)
As of May 21, antisemitic crimes were up 55% compared to the same time frame last year, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said last week. Overall, hate crimes were up 31%.
There have been 143 anti-Jewish crimes — 51 more than the same time last year — Kenny said.
