{"id":377587,"date":"2026-10-20T03:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377587\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T03:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:50:51","slug":"nypd-hate-crimes-unit-probes-anti-israel-vandalism-at-manhattan-bank-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377587\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD hate-crimes unit probes anti-Israel vandalism at Manhattan bank – Israel & Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Oct. 19, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n

The New York City Police Department\u2019s hate crimes task force is investigating broken windows and spray-painted graffiti at a bank on East 86th Street in Manhattan, an NYPD spokeswoman told JNS.<\/p>\n

Officers were called to the Capital One Bank branch at about 7:40 a.m. on Monday and \u201cobserved broken glass and red paint with wording on the glass,\u201d the spokeswoman said. \u201cThere were no injuries reported as a result of the incident. There are no arrests at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, posted a photo<\/a> on social media of broken windows and the words \u201cPal Action\u201d (an apparent reference to the group Palestine Action) and \u201cdrop Elbit\u201d painted in red on the bank door.<\/p>\n

Anti-Israel activists have previously urged the bank to end its partnership with Elbit Systems, an Israeli military equipment and technology company.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vandalism and destruction at the Capital One branch on 86th Street is deeply disturbing and unacceptable,\u201d stated Menin, the City Council\u2019s first Jewish speaker. \u201cI have been in contact with the NYPD regarding this incident and have urged an immediate investigation, including whether this is a potential antisemitic hate crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no place for hate, intimidation or violence in New York City,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, stated that the \u201chateful vandalism\u201d was \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and that there needed to be \u201cswift accountability\u201d for what was \u201cintended to instill fear and intimidate Jewish New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThose responsible must be held accountable,\u201d he said. \u201cJewish New Yorkers will not be intimidated into silence. We are not going anywhere. We will stand tall, proudly and unapologetically Jewish.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that it was a \u201csobering reminder of how much work remains to confront antisemitism and ensure every New Yorker can live without fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Treyger said he was told that \u201cthe group reportedly taking responsibility is PAL Action, which is known in Britain for hostile and hateful actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom banned<\/a> the group and designated it a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n

Tal Fortgang, legal policy fellow at the Manhattan Institute, stated that \u201ca civil terrorist group led by an actual Iranian-regime shill is trying to intimidate New Yorkers and business leaders out of supporting Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure it\u2019s a total coincidence they chose a branch down the block from a massive synagogue and Jewish day school,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe can bankrupt the civil terrorist groups and prosecute their leaders. We don\u2019t have to live within a world where politics are conducted through destruction and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Oct. 19, 2026 \/ JNS) The New York City Police Department\u2019s hate crimes task force is investigating broken…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-377587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}