A dispute on a Brooklyn street appeared to explode after the perpetrator made antisemitic statements, the police said. Source: New York Times
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U.S. Rabbis React to Deadly Hanukkah Attack in Sydney
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2025
After gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, rabbis across the United States reflected on how to protect their congregations during their own events. Source: New York Times
‘Commander Butcher’ Admits Trying to Spur Hate Attack in New York
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2025
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian man, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn on Monday. He led the Maniac Murder Cult, an online neo-Nazi group blamed for eruptions of violence around the world. Source: New York Times
Police Arrest 3 in Vandalism of New York Times Building
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2025
One person was charged with a hate crime in connection with a social media post that referred to The Times’s executive editor, Joseph Kahn. Source: New York Times
Ex-State Dept. Official Ordered to Bias Training After Anti-Muslim Rant
By Gotham Rex on January 18, 2024
If Stuart Seldowitz completes the program, the charges he faces for berating a food truck vendor would be dropped, prosecutors said. A Muslim group called it a “sweetheart deal.” Source: New York Times
Buffalo Gunman Pleads Guilty to All Charges in Racist Attack
By Gotham Rex on November 28, 2022
The man, who was accused of killing 10 Black people in June, was charged on 25 counts, including murder, domestic terrorism and hate crimes. Source: New York Times
New York Man Accused of Antisemitic Attacks Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Charge
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2022
Prosecutors say Saadah Masoud assaulted three Jewish men in 2021 and 2022, one of whom he dragged across the sidewalk during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Manhattan. Source: New York Times
Man Charged With Breaking Window Repeatedly at Manhattan Gay Bar
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2022
The attacks, four within a month, had created a deep sense of anxiety in Hell’s Kitchen — a feeling compounded on Saturday by a deadly assault on a gay bar in Colorado. Source: New York Times
Buffalo Shooting Suspect Expected to Plead Guilty in Massacre
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2022
The accused gunman in a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket earlier this year has agreed to plead guilty in the deaths of 10 people. Source: New York Times
Man Charged With Threatening Racist Violence Against Buffalo Supermarket
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2022
The arrest of the man, in Washington State, came a week after the reopening of a different Buffalo grocery store where a gunman killed 10 Black people in May. Source: New York Times
3 Charged With Hate Crimes After Racist Tracts Flood Small New York City
By Gotham Rex on July 13, 2022
A white supremacist leaflet was reported to the Hornell police early Sunday. Before long, similar material was found all over town. Source: New York Times
New York City Pulls Plug on Second Homeless Shelter in Chinatown
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2022
The Adams administration backtracked on the second shelter, one of three that had been proposed for the neighborhood, after protests from the community. Source: New York Times
Fatal Shooting of Deliveryman Stuns a Queens Neighborhood
By Gotham Rex on May 1, 2022
Zhiwen Yan, who delivered Chinese food in Forest Hills, had a signature greeting for customers: “Hello, my friend!” He was killed on his scooter at a stoplight. Source: New York Times
Shelter in Chinatown Is Canceled After Community Protests
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2022
The shelter in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge would have housed 49 men and is one of three that New York City planned for the area. Source: New York Times
Court Tosses Out Maps That Favored Democrats
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2022
Primaries for Congress and the State Senate are likely to be delayed after New York’s highest court ruled that new districts were unconstitutional. Source: New York Times