Wetin dey happen for New York police matter don change again. The NYPD don quietly dey walk back one kontroversial policy wey dem introduce less than one month ago. Before now, dem say dem go only dey report “confirmed” hate crimes for dia monthly tally. But now, dem go dey list both “reported” and “confirmed” cases together.
This new turn of events come after serious backlash from city leaders. The whole mata surface as di Hate Crimes Task Force release im latest report. Di report show say hate crimes increase by nearly 12% for first quarter of 2026. Anti-Jewish attacks na di main driver for di surge.
Interesting part be say, as hate crimes dey rise, murder and oda violent crimes for Big Apple drop for di same period. But di attention dey on di reporting style. Di NYPD now say disclosure of both sets of numbers for monthly reports “go enhance transparency and reflect best practice.” Dem call am “significant advancement in transparency.”
Di initial change to reporting methodology come after February report wey show 58 bias crimes citywide. Na 152% increase over January. For dat month, 31 hate crimes target Jewish people specifically. Dat one na 182% increase.
Di Mamdani administration quick talk say mayor office no involve for NYPD decision to change di data reporting. But di move worry oda Democratic city leaders. Council Speaker Julie Menin question NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch about di changes during recent budget hearing.
Menin talk say council “dey very concerned” about di rise in hate crimes for New York City. E specifically mention crimes wey target Jews and Muslims. E worry say di changes fit mean less transparency for reported incidents.
For di hearing, Tisch defend di policy change. E claim say di process go be “more transparent” and go provide more accurate account of hate crimes numbers for di city. E talk say hate crimes data wey dem report under previous system dey flawed. “E no be reflection of reality,” Tisch yarn. “Wetin NYPD dey report before dey conflicting, wrong and confusing. Wetin we suppose dey report, for my opinion, na confirmed incidents of hate crimes.”
All dis wrangling over hate crimes data dey happen as Mayor Mamdani, di city first Muslim mayor, dey try overcome criticism for campaign trail. Di criticism stem from im previous remarks about support for boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel and past rhetoric about Israeli government.
Now, di police don change tune. Dem go dey show both numbers. Whether dis go satisfy di critics or not, time go tell. But one thing clear: di mata of hate crimes reporting for New York don become serious public concern wey dey draw attention from top officials.
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