NYC Jewish restaurant owner says swastikas painted, Israeli flag town down in Chelsea [Video]

CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) — It was another busy Saturday night at Zizi on 8th Avenue, and the owners say that is pretty normal. What they say is not normal is having to enclose their Israeli flag in plastic to prevent it from being torn down – and still, people are targeting it.

They tried to break the outdoor dining shed’s plastic by kicking it in December. Then, two days prior, workers caught a girl tying up the Israeli flag so it wasn’t on display at Hummus Kitchen – another one of the owners’ businesses.

This past Tuesday at Zizi, co-owner Maor Onono found two swastikas painted over his Israeli flag.

“I’ve been here for 20 years and never experienced something like this. Always felt comfortable with being Jewish, Israeli,” Onono said.

On Saturday afternoon, police say several synagogues in Brooklyn and Manhattan had to be evacuated.

Governor Hochul posted to X saying,

“We are actively monitoring a number of bomb …