Antisemitic and anti-Zionist graffiti spray-painted onto four Jewish school buses in Williamsburg, New York, on Monday.
Photos shared on social media show the buses covered in antisemitic and anti-Zionist slogans, such as “F*** Israel,” “USA first,” and “Free Palestine.”
The New York Police Department's 90th Precinct, the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force, and Williamsburg Shomrim are working to locate those responsible.
According to local media outlet Williamsburg 365, the buses belonged to the Satmar and Klausenburg hassidic sects, as well as Tiferes Yisroel.
Lincoln Restler, an NYC council member for the community, condemned the incident in a post on X/Twitter.
Antisemitism has no home in New York
"Anti-Semitic graffiti on our community’s school buses is truly obscene," Restler said. "The decade-long rise in anti-Semitic incidents must be stopped."
New York State Assemblyman Kalman Yeger wrote on X that "Globalize the Intifada landed in Williamsburg."
In her own X post, New York Attorney-General Letitia James called the act "despicable."
"Antisemitism and hate have no home in New York," she said. "I urge anyone with information to contact local law enforcement."
In response to the antisemitic incident, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, "The antisemitic vandalism targeting school buses in South Williamsburg is abhorrent. Every New Yorker, especially our children, deserves to live free of such hatred."
Mamdani pledged that the NYPD, community leaders, and his team would use every tool at their disposal to confront antisemitism and hold those responsible for the vandalism accountable.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul also responded to the incident in a post on X, saying, "As a mother and grandmother, it sickens me to think of children arriving at school to find their buses defaced with swastikas and hateful antisemitic messages."
"No Jewish child or family should have to endure this kind of fear and intimidation," Hochul added.