"The Hasidic Jewish group's Eastern Parkway building in Crown Heights - where Sohail, 36, of New Jersey, was arrested on hate-crime charges Wednesday after being caught on video driving into a set of doors five times during a holy celebration - is one of the site's city officials deemed high-risk and recommended for bollards, according to a source briefed on the matter who declined to name the other locations for security reasons."
"Former Mayor Eric Adams created MOCA in May, and under him, it partnered with the Department of Transportation and NYPD's Counterterrorism Threats Reduction Infrastructure Protection Section (TRIPS) unit last year to "streamline the permit process for security bollards at houses of worship" and reduce any "bureaucratic delays," the report says. "The 2026 expansion proposes establishing a dedicated city budget line for bollard installation and other hardening measures at vulnerable institutions," the report adds."
City officials warned the Mamdani administration nearly a month before the January incident to install bollards and other security measures at houses of worship. Moshe David, executive director of the Mayor's Office for Combating Antisemitism, issued a Dec. 30 report recommending bollards and other security features for 2026. The Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights was identified as high-risk and recommended for bollards. Dan Sohail allegedly drove into the site's doors repeatedly during a celebration and was arrested on hate-crime charges. The 2026 plan proposes a dedicated budget line and streamlined permitting for hardening measures.
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