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The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office will receive a $750,000 funding boost for its Hate Crimes Bureau after borough officials raised concerns earlier this year that the unit lacked the resources needed to investigate and prosecute bias-motivated crimes.
City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced the funding on July 27, saying the investment will help strengthen Brooklyn’s response to hate crimes as antisemitism incidents and other acts of bias continue to impact communities across the city.
NYPD Crime Statistics say that hate crimes rose by almost 9% through mid-2026, with 265 confirmed incidents. During the same period in 2025, NYPD confirmed 244 incidents.
“Every New Yorker deserves to live free from fear and hate. As antisemitic incidents and other hate crimes continue to threaten our communities, it is critical that prosecutors have the resources they need,” Speaker Menin said in a statement. “The City Council is proud to provide this funding.”
The allocation follows testimony from Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez during an April 22 hearing of the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, where he said the borough’s Hate Crimes Bureau had significantly fewer resources than similar units in other DA’s offices.
According to Gonzalez, the Brooklyn DA’s Office had received only $50,000 from the previous administration to address all hate crimes, while other boroughs receive “in excess of a million.” Brooklyn also has the largest Jewish population in the country.
“I asked for $1.5 million to fund the dedicated Hate Crimes Unit that would be funded like the Manhattan DA’s office or the Queens DA office. I think the people of Brooklyn deserve to be funded with a dedicated unit,” Gonzalez testified on April 22.
Following the hearing, Council Member Inna Vernikov, who co-chairs the task force and represents southern Brooklyn’s 48th Council District, advocated for additional funding for the bureau.
“[Mayor] Mamdani found $200 million in funding for BHRAGS, an organization under federal indictment, but failed to fund Brooklyn’s Hate Crimes Bureau, despite a 74% citywide rise in hate crimes, more than half of them targeting Jews,” said she said, referencing NYPD Hate Crime Data.
Vernikov also pointed to a recent violent attack in Manhattan as underscoring the need for additional resources. On July 23, two men, including a 50-year-old Jewish man, were stabbed in the chest. The perpetrator allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar.” The prime suspect, Raul Morales, was charged with “attempted murder and committing a hate crime in the process” the next day.
“With the news of the stabbing last week of an Asian-American and a Jewish-American on the Upper West Side, this funding is especially critical and timely,” Vernikov added.
Gonzalez thanked both Menin and Vernikov for helping to secure the funding, saying it will expand the bureau’s ability to investigate hate crimes, support victims and build stronger relationships with impacted communities.
“This investment will allow us to expand our work, strengthen specialized training, and engage more proactively with communities targeted by hate so that we can prevent harm, support victims, and hold offenders accountable,” Gonzalez said.