NYC Flags Will Fly Half-Staff To Mark 1 Year Of Oct. 7 Attacks

NEW YORK — New York City flags will be at half-staff to mark one year of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Mayor Eric Adams announced.

City Hall, the Bronx Courthouse, the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, Brooklyn Borough Hall and the Queens and Staten Island Borough Halls will be lit up in yellow Monday evening.

"As we see the devastation wrought on innocent people in the Middle East in the aftermath of this unprovoked attack, the thought of peace becomes even more distant. But that is exactly why we must continue to strive for peace — for the safe return of all the hostages, for the defeat of Hamas, and for an end to this deadly conflict,” Adams said in a statement.

Mayor Adams is expected to meet with NYPD officers who are assigned to the October 7th protest detail. Later today, Adams will also attend the one-year commemoration event being held by United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Community Relations Council.

Similarly, Gov. Kathy Hochul directed flags on State buildings to be flown at half-staff on Monday.

Hochul is expected to attend a Central Park vigil later this evening.

Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian civilians have been killed since the conflict began last year, Patch previously reported.

A number of student walkouts and protests are already ongoing Monday.

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said "It's all hands on deck" in an interview with CBS News.

"We want to have a safe day and let New Yorkers go about their business unabated."Chell said.

"Every asset the NYPD has will be on display. "You'll see barricades. You'll see marked police cars. You'll see our strategic response group on bikes. You'll see drones, up when we need them. You'll see aviation when we need them," Chell added.