Hate violence cannot be solved through policing alone.
Over the past decade, the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force has been the city’s primary tool for fighting identity-based violence. On their watch, hate crimes have only increased. Even as crime in the city has fallen, hate crimes have only increased, up 152% in 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.
The NYC Against Hate Violence report pulls from a robust, research-based source of supporting evidence (including research on social psychology and social dynamics in conflict zones around the world) to ground proposed hate violence prevention tactics in rigorous data.
The ensuing recommendations are for New York City to make a fundamental shift away from reactive policing and unreliable reporting systems, and toward evidence-based, community-driven relationship-building strategies. The recommendations outline a new prevention paradigm built around five pillars: reinvented reporting, proactive relationship development, capacity-building, community care and violence interruption, and anti‑bias education. The cost is estimated to be $26-30 million per year.
2026 - Unveiling the NYC Against Hate Violence policy proposal. Photo by Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit.
2023 - Hope Against Hate safety training.
2022 - Calling for hate violence prevention funding at City Hall.
2019 - Interfaith vigil following the Monsey stabbing. Photo by Gili Getz.
2016 - Launching Hate Free Zones in Queens
Unveiling the NYC Against Hate Violence policy proposal, 2026. Credit: Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit
This paper was developed by Jews For Racial & Economic Justice in consultation with the following community partners:
Arab American Association of NY
Asian American Feminist Collective
Asian American Federation
Audre Lorde Project
Center for Anti-Violence Education
Center for Justice Innovation
Chinese American Planning Council
CUNY Public Science Project
Diaspora Alliance
mPower Change
Movement Advancement Project (MAP/LGBTMAP)
Muslim Community Network (MCN)
NAACP-LDF
NAPAWF (National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum)
NYC Anti-Violence Project
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Sikh Coalition
Unveiling the NYC Against Hate Violence policy proposal, 2026. Credit: David Ford Franke
Unveiling the NYC Against Hate Violence policy proposal, 2026. Credit: Will Alatriste
Endorsers
The groups listed below have endorsed the NYC Against Hate Violence report and policy proposal.
