{"id":53231,"date":"2026-01-29T01:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=53231"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:08:39","slug":"driver-rams-car-repeatedly-into-doors-of-nyc-jewish-site-suspect-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=53231","title":{"rendered":"Driver rams car repeatedly into doors of NYC Jewish site, suspect detained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A driver was taken into custody on Wednesday night after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police say<\/a>&nbsp;the individual intentionally and repeatedly rammed a vehicle into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York City, damaging some of the Jewish site\u2019s doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">NYPD and Chabad Lubavitch spokesperson Motti Seligson said there were no apparent injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The vehicle was inspected by the NYPD bomb squad, and no explosives were found. The driver shouted to bystanders that &#8220;it slipped&#8221; and said something to police about attempting to park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Police said there were no apparent injuries.&nbsp;(AP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the crash was being investigated as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/hate-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hate crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Justice Department also announced it opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have instructed our criminal prosecutors in @CivilRights&nbsp;to open a civil rights investigation into this violent attack,&#8221; Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the incident was &#8220;deeply alarming&#8221; and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the crash was being investigated as a hate crime.&nbsp;(Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the incident was &#8220;deeply alarming&#8221; and that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/anti-semitism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">antisemitism has no place<\/a>&nbsp;in our city.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am at 770 Chabad World Headquarters in Crown Heights, where a man intentionally, and repeatedly, crashed his car into the building. I am relieved that no one was injured in this horrifying incident,&#8221; the mayor wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Justice Department also announced it opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.&nbsp;(Ting Shen\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is deeply alarming, especially given the deep meaning and history of the institution to so many in New York and around the world,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Any threat to a Jewish institution or place of worship must be taken seriously. Antisemitism has no place in our city, and violence or intimidation against Jewish New Yorkers is unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani added: &#8220;I stand in solidarity with the Crown Heights Jewish community, and I am grateful to our first responders for taking swift action. I will keep New Yorkers updated as we learn more about the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/driver-rams-car-repeatedly-doors-nyc-jewish-site-suspect-detained#&amp;_intcmp=fnhpbt2\">foxnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A driver was taken into custody on Wednesday night after&nbsp;police say&nbsp;the individual intentionally and repeatedly rammed a vehicle into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York City, damaging some of the Jewish site\u2019s doors. NYPD and Chabad Lubavitch spokesperson Motti Seligson said there were no apparent injuries. 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