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Fri May 7, 2021, 05:36 AM May 2021

(Jewish Group) Hate crimes see 73% rise in NYC, with Asians and Jews most targeted

A dramatic rise in attacks on Asian-Americans has led to an overall increase in hate crimes in New York City during 2021, while the number of crimes targeting Jews decreased slightly.

Jews in New York were targeted in 54 hate crimes reported between Jan. 1 and May 2, down from 58 such crimes in the same period in 2020, according to New York Police Department figures released Monday.

The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force said the city recorded 180 hate crimes through May 2, compared to 104 such crimes during the same period last year, a 73% increase.

Asians were the most targeted group with 80 hate crimes through May 2 — soaring from 16 in the same period in 2020. Jews were the next most targeted.

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So, for the brief time, in one year hate crimes against Asian-Americans jumped 400% and hate crimes against Jews dropped 7%, and yet, the drop is just that...a drop!

2000 Total hate crimes for this period 104 of which 55% were against Jews! In 2021, 180 total hate crimes, and 30% are against Jews (44% were against Asian-Americans). But hey, Jews are overrepresented in Congress, business, Hollywood, nevermind our "overrepresentation" in situations like this.

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