Charges included criminal mischief, a felony, along with reckless endangerment and obstruction of governmental administration, which are both misdemeanors.
Earlier on Saturday, the hostages' families met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams at an event coordinated by COJO, an Orthodox organization based in Brooklyn.
Since the start of October, there have been 253 antisemitic incidents reported to police, far more than the 137 anti-Jewish crimes during the same period last year.
As housing prices rise and the personalities of neighborhoods disappear, a return to affordable, safe, communal life in an integrated community is essential.
As anti-Israel protests continue to occur throughout the US, a NYC protester on Friday started to chase Jewish women and call her a “f***ing murderous k*ke”.
The synagogue, built in 1907, was the oldest surviving synagogue in the now heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park.
In addition to the former presidents, according to Reuters, the event featured comedian Stephen Colbert, Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo and Lea Michele.
There are numerous testimonies from women on the app, all telling similar accounts that they were on their phones or looking down, and all of a sudden, they were punched in the face.
Perhaps our suffering and the Holocaust we endured have bred in us an excess of humanity that has allowed hateful weeds to sprout among the flowers in our beautiful country.
Lorna Beach-Mathura alleged that Adams, then a transit officer, assaulted her in his car while parked along the Hudson River after promising her a ride home to discuss her career problems.
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