Recent incidents of antisemitic vandalism in the Upper West Side have sparked community outrage and unity. Effy's Cafe and other Jewish-owned businesses were targeted, leading to calls for NYPD hate crimes unit investigations. Local politicians like @SenSchumer and @RepJerryNadler have been criticized for their response to the incidents.
Sunday (3/17) I contacted the @NYPD24Pct and Hate Crimes Task Force when we discovered the terrible hate speech graffiti at Effy's Café. It was also found at West 105 St. and Riverside Drive on same day. If you see a hate crime, please contact the NYPD and my office. https://t.co/ikJFACfwrz
NYC Jewish community chips in to clean anti-Israel graffiti from kosher café https://t.co/EYozkF6BCF
Targeting a small business because of who it’s owned by— Israeli, Palestinian or any other group— is not only wrong, it’s self defeating. The recent attack on Effy’s Cafe is a cowardly act of anti-semitism that cannot, and will not, be tolerated in our community.… https://t.co/1RspKtEFBo
Dozens of people rallied against antisemitism in Narberth after a Jewish-owned restaurant was vandalized with graffiti that read “free Gaza.” https://t.co/nNCA7tqf7p
🚨UPDATE🚨 The community has come together to clean up the anti Semitic vandalism on their own. As our local politicians have abandoned Israel and fueled the campaigns of our enemies, we can’t wait around for the city to provide a clean up crew. Cc: @SenSchumer @RepJerryNadler https://t.co/kQTt4cteXC https://t.co/2oBQqIFy1x
The NYPD hate crimes unit is investigating multiple antisemitic crimes in the last few days on the Upper West Side - including vandalism of Effy’s cafe and in Riverside Park and an attack on two Orthodox men. Look out for your neighbors. Hate has no place here.
Upper West Siders coming together to clean up the antisemitic graffiti on Israeli Jewish Effy’s Cafe on W96th Street. @NYCMayor https://t.co/qFwZvRiKTt
Intentionally vandalizing and targeting Jewish owned businesses is a hate crime. Period. The NYPD hate crimes unit should investigate this despicable act accordingly to bring those responsible to justice and we need the DA to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.… https://t.co/sI2UJPG8kk
🚨(UWS) 105th St & Riverside Drive: Bollards are defaced with messaging that has given the neighborhood a sense of 1939 patterns. I haven’t seen such anti Semitism in this city in my lifetime. Our very own politicans @SenSchumer @RepJerryNadler have only fanned this rhetoric. https://t.co/C3DpD7GtgA