Mayor Eric Adams on Monday lauded local, state and federal law enforcement officials for coming together to stop what the city says was a likely attack on the Jewish community over the weekend.
stop what the city says was a likely attack on the Jewish communityAt City Hall, Adams was flanked by top brass from the NYPD, MTA and FBI, who all came together to identify and arrest two men they allege were planning an attack on the Jewish community in the five boroughs.
“Both the police commissioner and I were notified of a credible threat on Jewish New Yorkers and immediately communicated with our teams to take appropriate action,” Adams said. “The potential attack on Jewish New Yorkers, because of that coordination, was averted. The suspects were apprehended before they could act on their alleged plan to murder members of the Jewish community in our city. This was not an idle threat, this was a real threat.
Once arrested, the mayor said, both men were searched by MTA Police, who discovered they were carrying several weapons including a Glock semi-automatic handgun, a ghost gun with an extended 30-round magazine and laser sight and a large hunting knife.“A Nazi armband in New York City in 2022, think about that for a moment,” the mayor said.
“The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office will be using the full resources of our counter-terrorism program and our expanded hate crimes unit for accountability and justice in this matter,” Bragg said. “We do not tolerate illegal guns in this city. We do not tolerate hate and anti-Semitism in this city. And we do not tolerate violence in this city.
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