BREAKING NEWS: NYPD will conduct perimeter searches around ‘key institutions’ in wake of Israel massacre as Mayor Eric Adams raises specter of ‘lone wolf’ attacks and urges synagogues to hire security

The New York Police Department will conduct perimeter searches in areas around the city, including synagogues, following the terror attacks in Israel.

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that houses of worship should consider hiring security.

“We can’t let our guards down,” the Democrat told the press.

The mayor noted that ‘there are no threats to the city regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict.

But he added that “lone wolves are real” – especially those radicalized by social media.

“Don’t underestimate lone wolves,” Adams said. “We can’t let our guards down.”

NYPD Chief John Chell said his late shift would conduct perimeter searches of key institutions, but did not specify which ones. Adams said areas with large Jewish and Hassidic populations such as Williamsburg and Rockaway would be on the list.

“We can’t believe that this happened thousands of miles away … we are the largest Jewish population outside of Israel,” the mayor said as he urged New Yorkers to remain vigilant about their surroundings.

Adams was slammed by critics on Sunday after the Democratic Socialists of America held a pro-Palestine rally in Times Square just hours after a horrific attack by Hamas terrorists left more than 900 Israelis dead.

The mayor, who returned from a trip to Latin America on Sunsay, spoke out against the rally organized by the Democratic Socialists of America – which saw a protester wave a swastika at a Jewish crowd.

“At a time when innocent people are being slaughtered and children kidnapped in Israel, it is disgusting that this group of extremists would show support for terrorism. I reject it. New York City rejects it. Don’t use our streets to spread your hate,” Adams wrote.

But the Democrat’s comments weren’t enough for many social media users, who expressed anger that Adams didn’t shut down the protest. “Why didn’t you close it then?” asked one X user.

‘MONITORING? Did you monitor? But what ACTION did you do??’ another wrote.

Many of Adams’ critics took the opportunity to slam the mayor’s trip to Latin America, seen as a useless publicity stunt by many New Yorkers fed up with the migrant crisis, which has seen more than 120,000 asylum seekers in just 18 months. arrived in the city late.

‘from where? Ecuador? lol’ said one X user. “Aren’t you in Mexico?” added one more. “Yet you’re still in Mexico?” said a third.

Adams attended a prayer vigil with the city’s Jewish community on Monday evening.

Adams ended a four-day trip to Latin America on Saturday by calling for a ‘right to work’ for migrants in the United States. Speaking from a dock in northern Colombia where migrants take boats to the jungle, the mayor in question said countries in the region must “come together” to find solutions to the immigration crisis that is raging across the Americas as well as in cities in the United States are experienced. , including New York.