STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Despite seeing a 19% decline, New York still led the country overall in antisemitic incidents in 2025, according to the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s recent annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents.<\/p>\n
According to the audit, antisemitic incidents in the state dropped <\/a>to 1,160, but there was a 10% increase in physical assaults to 90 cases, which is three times more than California, the state that recorded the second-highest number with 30 assaults. <\/p>\n \u201cWhile it is encouraging that reported antisemitic incidents in New York fell by nearly 20% in 2025, the 1,160 cases which we tracked and responded to remains double the number before the massive spike post 10\/7, and I know firsthand that too many New Yorkers lived in fear in 2025 of being the victim of antisemitism,\u201d said Scott Richman, the ADL New York\/New Jersey regional director. \u201cThis decline does mark the first reversal of an upward trend that has persisted every year since 2021, but the numbers make clear that much work remains.\u201d<\/p>\n Public areas across the state saw the highest number of incidents with 410 cases, while Jewish institutions recorded 227 incidents. K-12 schools experienced 141 incidents, colleges and universities had 105, and businesses reported 137. <\/p>\n The five boroughs accounted for 860 incidents, representing nearly three-quarters of all cases statewide, according to the audit.<\/p>\n Manhattan remained the primary hotspot with 465 incidents, followed by Brooklyn with 278 incidents. Brooklyn also bore the brunt of violent attacks, with 50. Sixty percent of these assaults targeted Orthodox Jews.<\/p>\n Staten Island, according to the NYPD Hate Crimes Dashboard, had 13 confirmed antisemitic crimes in 2025.<\/p>\n