NYC Mayor Adams Heightens Hanukkah Security, Criticizes Successor

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Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced increased security measures across New York City ahead of Hanukkah celebrations, citing a series of violent incidents at home and abroad, including a deadly antisemitic terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia.

Speaking Sunday afternoon, Adams addressed multiple killings reported within the past 24 hours, including a mass shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island, a Brooklyn shooting that wounded six teenagers attending a Sweet 16 party, and the overseas attack that targeted Jews celebrating Hanukkah.

Adams said the Sydney attack, which killed more than a dozen people and injured dozens more, was an antisemitic act aimed at Jewish worshippers marking the holiday…

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