Mayor Eric Adams appointed a former correction department counselor and city hospital system interfaith leader as the new executive director of the city’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, filling a post vacant since the spring.

We’re not going to be able to just police our way out of this,” he said, per the city transcript. “Because if you have hate being arrested, when you’re released, you’re going to still have that hate."

Mayor Eric Adams on Friday announced Vijah Ramjattan as the new executive director of the Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, following the dismissal of his predecessor months ago.