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The document presents a whole‑of‑government approach that spans education, law‑enforcement training and cultural‑competency programmes."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The plan includes a nearly ninefold increase in funding for the Office for Prevention of Hate Crimes, raising its budget to $26 million. Of that amount, $7.4 million is set aside for physical security measures for nonprofit organisations."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"More than 25 Jewish groups, including the BridgeBuilders Grassroots Coalition and the New York Jewish Alliance, signed an open letter that criticised the strategy for failing to address anti‑Zionist harassment and for not defining antisemitism in the context of contemporary New York incidents."},{"type":"heading","text":"Budget figure discrepancy"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Jerusalem Post reported that the total budget for the strategy is $26 million. Internewscast, on the other hand, described the strategy as a $30 million plan. 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