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Jewish News 24 · Jul 24, 2026

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At a news conference Friday morning attended by New York City Comptroller Mark Levine, New York Attorney General Letitia James and other elected officials, Jewish community leaders called for hate crime charges after a man allegedly stabbed two people on Manhattan's Upper West Side, including an Orthodox Jewish man, and criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his rhetoric. According to police, Raul Morales allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attacks Thursday near Central Park. The victims were identified as an Asian man and an Orthodox Jewish man wearing a yarmulke.

At a news conference Friday morning attended by New York City Comptroller Mark Levine, New York Attorney General Letitia James and other elected officials, Jewish community leaders called for hate crime charges after a man allegedly stabbed two people on Manhattan's Upper West Side, including an Orthodox Jewish man, and criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his rhetoric. According to police, Raul Morales allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attacks Thursday near Central Park. The victims were identified as an Asian man and an Orthodox Jewish man wearing a yarmulke.

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