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New York City Jewish leaders want the deranged man who stabbed two people on the Upper West Side yesterday prosecuted for a hate crime - and demanded Mayor Zohran Mamdani  stop fanning the flames of hatred and division. 

Raul Morales allegedly yelled  Allahu Akbar  as he attacked two men - one Asian and one wearing a yarmulke - in separate attacks near Central Park Thursday afternoon, police and sources told The Post.

7 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters on July 22, 2026. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post

7 The suspect Raul Morales is escorted by police from the crime scene. Manhattan Shomrim

7 Moshe Grunhaus is pictured in an undated photo. He was identified as one of the stabbing attack victims. Facebook/Moshe Grunhaus

UJA-Federation of New York CEO Eric Goldstein at a press conference Friday made a blistering demand of the mayor.

 Mayor Mamdani, stop fanning the flames of hatred and division. The consequences are not abstract,  Goldstein said, ABC7 reported.

 They are playing out on our streets. But make no mistake, we are not going anywhere. 

7 A victim seen at the scene of a stabbing in the Upper West Side on Friday, July 24, 2026. Facebook / Lidia Lander

7 An investigator collects evidence at the scene of a stabbing on Thursday, July 24, 2026. James Keivom for NY Post

7 A view of the crime scene in the Upper West Side on Thursday, July 24, 2026. James Keivom for NY Post

7 A cop stands where the crime took place on West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. James Keivom for NY Post

Mark Treyger, Jewish Community Relations Council CEO, said he expects the district attorney's office  to fully prosecute this to the fullest extent of the law, whether this attack is ultimately prosecuted as a hate crime. 

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