The hate crimes charges mean prosecutors will have to prove that the man was motivated by antisemitism when he opened fire on on the staffers.
Threats to Jews in the United States tripled in the one-year period since the deadly October 7 terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, preliminary data provided to CNN by the Anti-Defamation League shows.
New York City police released a new wanted poster as they continue to look for the man who yelled for Zionists riding on a subway train to identify themselves.
"The cowards who did this are way over the line into antisemitism, harming the cause they claim to care about, and making everyone less safe," New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said in a post on X.
Supporters of the legislation say it will help combat antisemitism on college campuses, but opponents say it overreaches and threatens to chill free speech.
Baltimore County police said a disgruntled ex-athletics director used AI to frame his high school's principal by generating a fake recording of a racist rant in his voice.