NYC Jewish leaders blast Mamdani after stabbings, call for hate crime charges: ‘Stop fanning flames of hatred and division’

Source: New York Post

New York City Jewish leaders demanded Mayor Zohran Mamdani “stop fanning the flames of hatred and division” Friday — as they urged cops to charge the deranged attacker who stabbed two men on the Upper West Side with a hate crime. Suspect Raul Morales, 51, allegedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” as he attacked the two victims — one Asian and one Jewish — in separate attacks blocks from Central Park on Thursday afternoon, police said. “We’re horrified and heartbroken by yesterday’s attacks.