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 $30 million per year.