From the Frontlines: Prosecuting Hate in NYC

"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism, hate and extremism through conversations with ADL staff who are living that battle every day.
This podcast was recorded before a live podcast audience at ADL New York/New Jersey's Annual Meeting at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City in NYC. It is an important panel discussion with three of the most distinguished district attorneys across the country who all serve in a borough of New York City: Queens DA Melinda Katz, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez and Staten Island DA Michael McMahon.
The discussion focused on their efforts to prosecute hate at time when antisemitism globally, nationwide and in NYC is surging. ADL's most recent Audit of Antisemitic Incidents shows that 2025 was the third highest year on record for antisemitic incidents since ADL began tracking such data in 1979. 2024 was the highest year, followed by 2023. There is consistently no state with more antisemitic incidents than New York State, and three-quarters of those incidents take place in New York City. The comparative picture seems even starker. In 2025, 58 percent of the hate crimes in New York City were anti-Jewish, and that has only risen in 2026. That means that if you add up all the hate crimes perpetrated against all of the other groups in this City, you will not reach the number targeting Jews. ADL's CEO Jonathan Greenblatt put it plainly: “numbers that would have shocked us five years ago are now our floor.” So who stands between those numbers and the real people behind them? This podcast presents three answers to that question with the three esteemed panelists
To access the full ADL audit, visit https://www.adl.org/resources/report/audit-antisemitic-incidents-2025.
This conversation was recorded in June 2026.