QUEENS (VINNEWS) – A rabbi was assaulted earlier today in Queens in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime, officials said.
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The identity of the rabbi was not immediately available.
Queens Shomrim said it received a report of the assault around 2:30 p.m. and that its volunteers responded immediately.
After the suspect fled the scene, volunteers located him at a nearby train station and notified police.
The NYPD arrested the suspect, and charges are pending. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the attack, calling it an act of hate and emphasizing that such incidents will not be tolerated in the city.
I’m horrified by the antisemitic assault on a rabbi in Forest Hills. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, New Yorkers were confronted with a painful truth: antisemitism is not a thing of the past—it is a present danger that demands action from all of us. There is no place… https://t.co/14caMQ1YQp
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) January 28, 2026
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