Press Release

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Nathan White was arraigned on grand jury indictment charges of making a terroristic threat as a hate crime and related crimes for posting threatening messages on his X account in November. The messages threatened the murder of Jewish and Israeli residents of New York City, as well as members of the NYPD and federal officials.

District Attorney Katz said: “As alleged, the defendant used his social media accounts to issue explicit threats targeting Jewish and Israeli New Yorkers, in addition to members of the NYPD and federal law enforcement. At a time when antisemitic vitriol is rising at an alarming rate, we know that words of hate often escalate into real-world violence. This defendant has now been indicted on felony hate crime charges and I thank our law enforcement partners in the NYPD for their work on this case.”

White, 54, of Rosedale, was arraigned yesterday on a three-count indictment charging him with making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, making a terroristic threat and aggravated harassment in the second degree.

Queens Supreme Court Justice Toni Cimino ordered the defendant to return to court on February 19. If convicted of the top charge, White faces up to 15 years in prison.

DA Katz said that, according to the charges and investigation, on November 7 and 9, the defendant posted a series of threatening messages on the social media platform X. The public posts, which have since been deleted, stated in sum and substance:

• “I BEAT THE SH??!! Out of an Israeli on the NYC subway, how REAL is THAT, HUH??? Jews, SMD!!!”
• “And THAT includes the FEDS & NYPD. I WILL KILL ALL YOU MF!!!”
• “Imma kill ALL you FILTHY Zionist!!! I CURSE ALL of YOU, and DEATH will come to YOU soon by ME MF!!!”
• “If I RUN into ANOTHER Israeli in NYC ALONE in the DARK, YOU ARE DEAD MF!!! FACTS!!!”
• “Israel, the Zionist, the Jews MUST pay with their LIVES for their BARBARISM people, FACTS!!!”

White was arrested on November 10, 2025, by members of the NYPD at his place of residence.

The investigation was conducted by Detective Anthony Rubilotta of the New York City Police Department’s Intelligence Division.

The Community Security Initiative by the UJA Federation and JCRC-NY provided crucial assistance.

Assistant District Attorney Michael Brovner, Chief of the District Attorney’s Hate Crimes Bureau, is prosecuting the case under the supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Major Crimes Shawn Clark.