Blakeman, Jewish leaders slam Mamdani at NYC rally for fueling antisemitism before UWS hate crime stabbing

Jewish leaders and New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani for fueling antisemitism and creating a climate that led a madman to stab a Jewish New Yorker and another victim during a rally in Manhattan Sunday.The “United Against Hate” rally took place around the corner from where madman Raul Morales screamed “Allahu Akbar” while allegedly stabbing a 50-year-old Jewish man, Moshe Yezhak Grunhaus, outside his synagogue at Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street on Thursday.Morales also stabbed Chok Sung, a 57-year-old Asian man — in a separate attack near West 84th Street and Central Park West the same day.The shocking attacks come as Mamdani’s rhetoric against Israel — particularly his bashing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — is inciting antisemitism across the city, according to Blakeman, who is Jewish.“There is no question that Zohran Mamdani’s antisemitic rhetoric has fueled all of the antisemitism and the violence we now see in the city,” the GOP gubernatorial candidate said at the rally.

“An Asian man and a Jewish man were stabbed in broad daylight just blocks apart in Manhattan while their attacker allegedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar,'” he added.“Let’s stop beating around the bush: this is what happens when the sitting Mayor of New York City actively demonizes Jewish residents and normalizes antisemitism while Kathy Hochul’s disaster of a bail law ensures that hate-mongers walk free before the police report is even typed up.”Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, also proposed tougher criminal sentences for those convicted of hate crimes, slamming Gov.

Kathy Hochul and Mamdani for being too soft on crime.“You cannot attack the Jewish community with radical rhetoric, close jails and then act surprised when innocent New Yorkers are stabbed on a Thursday afternoon,” the governor hopeful said.“New York’s laws need to change to protect the victims, not the criminals.”Hizzoner, over t...