Hate crime and terrorism investigations have increased “exponentially” since Hamas’s attack on Israel, a high ranking state police official said speaking alongside Gov. Kathy Hochul Monday.

Lt. Col. Andy Crowe, Assistant Deputy Superintendent of the State Police Office of Counter Terrorism said law enforcement is tracking a wave of threats, many on social media and other online platforms.

“I can tell you that the number has increased exponentially since Oct. 7, the number of investigations we’re involved in, as an entity of the state police and the Joint Terrorism Task Force,” Crowe said.

Hochul convened a meeting of Jewish religious leaders and law enforcement personnel Monday. She said she’s assigning additional state police investigators to work with federal anti-terrorism law enforcement around the state.

“We have to make sure that they know we have the full support of the state police behind them and we can use intelligence that helps us get down to the local law enforcement,” Hochul said.

Hochul has been making efforts to reaching out to the jewish community in the weeks since Oct. 7, visiting Israel, speaking at a synagogue and meeting with students who were threatened at Cornell University.

She also said Monday that she has “no tolerance for hate and violence against anyone”, acknowledging threats against Muslims as well.

“We’ve not seen this level of hate crimes and fear since September 12, 2001,” Hochul said, likening the recent wave of antisemitism to crimes against the muslim community after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks..

Hochul also called on New Yorkers to continue reporting possible hate crimes.

“If you’ve been violated, you’ve been harassed, physically, verbally, you have to let us know so we can step up and protect you.”