NYPD on high alert on Yom Kippur in wake of England synagogue bombing

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News on Oct 2, 2025

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NEW YORK — The deadly synagogue attack in England resonated across the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, with the NYPD monitoring the investigation and keeping a watchful eye on houses of worship as Jews throughout New York celebrate Yom Kippur.

“We are tracking the incident in Manchester, England,” the NYPD posted on X. “At this time, there is no known nexus to NYC. The NYPD already has in place enhanced coverage and high visibility patrols around synagogues today for Yom Kippur.”

An NYPD official noted that this type of counterterror work would be endangered if President Donald Trump is successful in cutting $100 million from the Department of Homeland Security for counterterrorism programs. New York and 10 other states, as well as Washington, D.C., on Monday sued to block the cuts, with a judge on Tuesday freezing the cuts for now.

Such funding was previously cut in August by $87 million.

Those funds to support efforts to uncover terror attacks, an NYPD official said Thursday, and help pay for specialized officers who “go to synagogues on days like Yom Kippur.”

The stepped-up NYPD presence, in the works even before the attack in Britain, includes assigning officers to a number of high-profile synagogues and other sensitive locations, such as the Israeli mission to the United Nations.

And in a number of neighborhoods around the city, patrol officers have been instructed to regularly drive by small synagogues to monitor for any trouble.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Wednesday blasted the cut in terror funding.

“I want to be very direct about this,” she said. “If these cuts go through it will represent a devastating blow to our counterterrorism and intelligence programs in New York City. To be blunt, this is the difference between a city that prevents the next attack and a city left exposed to it.”

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