The Numbers Don't Lie: NYC Antisemitic Hate Crimes Shot Up 214 Percent in October

Antisemitism is on the rise around the world and in the United States, and new numbers out of New York City show that Jewish people are increasingly the target of hate crimes in the Big Apple. Statistics released Wednesday by the NYPD show that in October 2022, there were 22 anti-Jewish incidents, but in October of 2023, that number surged to 69, an increase of 214 percent.

In addition, it's highly likely that many, many more incidents of antisemitism are simply not being reported. Pro-Hamas graffiti and vandalism have been rampant since Hamas carried out the October 7 terror attacks against Israel, which killed at least 1,400 Israelis.

And while President Biden and VP Kamala Harris touted their anti-Islamophobia initiative at the beginning of November, hate crimes against Muslims in New York have been far fewer than those against Jews. There were no reports of anti-Muslim crimes in October 2022 and only 8 in October 2023.

The New York Post editorial board weighed in on Wednesday: "The gigantic rise in antisemitic incidents in the city in the aftermath of Oct. 7 shows the absurdity of the Biden administration’s focus on Islamophobia and lecturing about the dangers to both sides," they wrote.

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New Hampshire Takes a Second Bat at Legislation to Secede From the United States

New Hampshire joins the ranks of Texas, Alaska, Vermont, and Idaho in an effort to establish constitutional measures that allow for secession from the union. The national divorce that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene alluded to last month appears to be garnering support in the most unlikely of places.

The secession committee bill language can be found here. Both bills are scheduled for the 2024 legislative session, which starts in January.

The way the New Hampshire legislature works is that when the session begins, the bills will be assigned a number, receive a committee hearing, and all the documentation and formalities.

According to the legislators, every bill gets both a committee hearing and a floor hearing. In order for the bills to pass and then be presented to the Granite State citizens, they must reach a threshold of above 60 percent. CR CA32, that first secession bill presented in March, failed to reach this threshold. Out of the 400 legislators in New Hampshire, only 13 voted for it.

New Hampshire is a state of a little over 1.3 million. The state exports a record $7.3 billion in domestic goods and, as Gericke stated, pays more into the federal coffers than it gets back. In terms of economics, they can arguably stand on their own. Should the legislature vote these two bills through, the people will have an opportunity to explore whether they wish to.

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