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Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein (left) on the scene after several Jews were harassed near the Agudath Israel of Sixteenth Avenue in Borough Park, talking to several NYPD police officers, including Deputy Inspector Richie Taylor (far right).
Jewish community leaders from Agudath Israel of America met with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for 90 minutes Friday afternoon, May 21
st, in a hastily called meeting to discuss the spate of hate crimes erupting against Jews in highly-populated Jewish areas of New York City. Safety and security of identifiable Jews in the Satmar and Lubavitch communities were the focus of the meeting.