NYPD warns its working ‘feverishly’ to thwart antisemitism after spate of nationwide attacks

The NYPD is working “feverishly” to thwart would-be perps from unleashing terror in the Big Apple following a spate of antisemitic attacks in Washington, DC and Colorado, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch warned Wednesday.

New York’s Finest are working with the FBI and have increased patrols at scores of Jewish sites across the city in the wake of the recent high-profile attacks, the commish said.

“Every high profile attack raises the risk of another,” Tisch said as she outlined her vision for tackling crime in Gotham.

“Individuals who are already on the edge — they don’t need instructions, they need a spark. And what we are doing at the NYPD is working tirelessly, feverishly to make sure that none of these sparks catch fire.”

The NYPD honcho pointed specifically to the heinous firebombing carried out in Boulder, Colo. at the weekend that targeted a peaceful pro-Israel march, as well as last month’s fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy diplomats in DC.

“What happened in Boulder is, unfortunately, the latest in a growing pattern of rhetoric around the war in the Middle East — shifting from outrage to incitement, from slogans now to direct calls for violence,” Tisch said.

“Unfortunately, as we saw first… with the attack on the Jewish Museum in Washington and then the attack in Boulder the other day, these calls are now being answered.”

The city’s top cop said the force had bolstered its presence at Jewish sites, schools and institutions following the violence.

“Immediately following the attack on the Jewish Museum in Washington, we surged an unprecedented number of resources in terms of cops, heavy weapons teams, police cars,” she said.

The NYPD was also working in closer partnership with the FBI to crackdown and thwart potential attacks close to home.

“We work cases together with them, and we do a lot of work behind the scenes… to make sure that any lead that we get, any person that we think may be about to commit an act of violence, that we are on top of those cases, and that we are handling them quite aggressively,” Tisch said.

It comes as Tisch acknowledged the Big Apple was still grappling with an “explosion” of antisemitic hate crimes in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attacks.

“[In] the 20 months since Oct. 7, we have seen hate crimes against Jews in New York City go in one direction — and that is up,” Tisch said.

“Our Hate Crimes Task Force at the NYPD does investigate every instance of bias or a hate crime, but these are clearly unacceptable numbers.”