At least three synagogues and a museum in Manhattan and Brooklyn received bomb threats yesterday, but none of them have been assessed as credible by the New York police, New York authorities said, cited by Reuters and BTA.
The manager of the New York administrative district of Manhattan - Mark Levine, wrote on the social platform "X" that the bomb threats are "a pure hate crime and are part of a growing trend of acts of aggression against Jewish institutions".
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"This is an obvious attempt to instill fear in the Jewish community. We cannot accept it," he added. As a result of the bomb threats, a total of 250 people were evacuated from two synagogues in Manhattan.
New York State Governor Cathy Hawkel said in turn in "X" that state authorities are "extensively investigating a number of bomb threats against synagogues in New York" and they are "rated as unreliable".
"We will not show tolerance to people who sow fear and anti-Semitism," she also wrote.
A police spokesman confirmed that a series of bomb threats were received yesterday, including by e-mail against the Brooklyn Museum and one against a synagogue in Brooklyn, Reuters reports. No explosive devices were found, according to the New York police.