3 More NYC Jewish Centers Received Bomb Threats Monday

NEW YORK, NY — Three different Jewish Community Centers on Staten Island were reportedly evacuated after receiving bomb threats Monday — "part of a recent wave of threats against JCCs in New York and across the country," according to New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

"Make no mistake: these reprehensible and cowardly attacks are not limited to the Jewish community," Cuomo said. "They are assaults on all New Yorkers and I vow that we will do everything in our power to catch those responsible for this wave of hate crimes."

Mayor Bill de Blasio added, via Twitter: "Anti-Semitic threats like the one against Jewish community centers on Staten Island will not divide us. New York City stands united."

Also on Monday across New York state, bomb threats against JCCs were reported in Tarrytown, New Rochelle, and Plainview. Around the country, threats were reported in Florida, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Michigan.

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, the country's leading anti-Semitism watchdog group, said the organization was "engaged with law enforcement" regarding the new wave of threats.

This is the fifth wave of threats targeting Jewish centers so far this year in America. The latest wave came one day after a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia was vandalized.

Last week, an anonymous bomb threat was called into the Anti-Defamation League's national headquarters in Murray Hill, Manhattan.

This story will be updated.