“From January 2025 to January 2026, “hate crimes in New York City increased by 152%”
What PolitiFact found
The official New York Police Department count found that from January 2025 to January 2026, hate crimes in New York City increased by 152%. Experts caution that hate crimes tend to spike in response to specific conflicts, so month-to-month comparisons can sometimes be volatile and unrepresentative of longer-term trends. NYPD data shows the number of hate crimes dropped between February 2025 and February 2026 and between March 2025 and March 2026.
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In short
Sam Sutton (State senator, D-N.Y.) made this claim around 11 March 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 May 2026, 55 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Where the claim appeared
- cityandstateny.comhttps://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/03/planned-parenthood-hochuls-buffer-zone-bill…
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