Masked protester who allegedly spewed hate at Jewish train passenger free until his prison stint

The masked anti-Israel agitator who wore a Hezbollah t-shirt while allegedly threatening a Jewish man connected a Manhattan train will beryllium free to roam nan streets until he reports to situation adjacent twelvemonth successful an unrelated dislike crime case.

Christopher Husary, 37, was trim loose connected supervised merchandise by a Judge Josh Hanshaft aft he pleaded not blameworthy to attempted coercion arsenic a dislike crime and aggravated harassment successful nan 2nd grade during his arraignment Friday.

He will beryllium free until Jan. 2, erstwhile he must study for a one-year situation stint successful California connected a dislike crime robbery complaint stemming from a January 2024 incident erstwhile he shoved a female to nan ground, took her Israeli flag, and burned it.

“My hands are tied,” Judge Hanshaft said of nan proceedings, noting that nan charges were not bail eligible.

Husary made The Post’s beforehand page backmost successful June, erstwhile he allegedly verbally attacked White Plains lawyer Joshua Savitt, 35, while nan second was walking location aft attending a Manhattan grounds memorializing nan victims of nan deadly Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival attack.

According to Savitt and nan prosecutors, Husary zeroed successful connected Savitt’s kippa and hurled anti-Jewish maltreatment astatine him aft he noticed Savitt taking a photograph of him and different personification vandalizing a train car. 

When reached by The Post connected Friday afternoon, Savitt did not person a remark connected Husary’s supervised release, but said that he hoped nan tribunal had sent a “really, really strong” message.

“My dream is that this is simply a beardown capable awesome to him, and frankly, to anybody else, to discontinue it, don’t do this again,” he explained.

“He saw and instantly called retired nan belief awesome that I had on. So…to me, it’s a small spot of a nary brainer, and it’s benignant of that’s precisely nan type of blatant activity and blatant behaviour that group should cognize good enough, in 2024, not to not to do.”

Assistant District Attorney Jack Ludtke recalled Savitt’s allegations successful tribunal Friday.

“The suspect stated successful substance, ‘yo, we sewage a Zionist complete here’, ‘you gotta delete this photos’, ‘you’d delete those photos if you knew who I was’, ‘we’ll find you and location will beryllium consequences’, ‘you are not existent Jews, I emotion existent Jews,’” he listed.

During Friday’s proceedings, nan tribunal besides barred Husary from contacting Savitt, particularly connected societal media.

Husary appeared successful a jail-issued oliva greenish jumpsuit and acheronian greenish overgarment pinch achromatic slip-on shoes. 

He was handcuffed and wore a restraint belt.

Husary looked glum during nan proceedings, smiling conscionable erstwhile once sharing a whispered joke pinch his defense attorney, David Krauss.

The arraignment was wrapping up erstwhile Husary stunned his lawyer and nan judge by leaning into nan microphone and suggesting he wanted to speak his mind.

“I did person thing to add,” Husary said.

“My lawyer asked maine not to speak. I would for illustration to correct thing nan DA had to say.”

He was interrupted by nan judge, who cautioned him to let Krauss to speak successful his place.

Husary and his lawyer huddled and past nan lawyer explained Husary took rumor pinch nan characterization of his California case.

Husary pleaded blameworthy successful that case, and reportedly publication a poem aloud successful court earlier being slapped pinch nan one-year situation stint.

Husary was subsequently extradited to nan Big Apple to look charings successful Savitt’s case.

In an exclusive question and reply pinch The Post astir nan attack, Savitt explained that he noticed 2 group vandalizing a train car adjacent Union Square pinch nan words “Free Gaza,” and snapped their photo.

The vandals past confronted Savitt and called him a “Zionist,” constabulary said.  

Husary besides taunted him while demanding Savitt not photograph him, Savitt told The Post.

“Bro, if you only knew who I was,” Husary allegedly said.

“He said thing to nan effect of ‘we’re going to find you, we’re going to get you,” Savitt said astir nan hateful display.

Savitt revenge a constabulary study aft The Post identified Husary arsenic a known agitator who was still surviving pinch his parents successful their cushy $1.8 cardinal California home.

Husary defended himself successful an interview, claiming that Savitt was nan aggressor because he started taking photos.

“The feline who stopped maine and my friends is simply a terrorist. And past he lies and says I made a weapon gesture,” Husary told The Post successful precocious June. 

“I put my manus up because he was pursuing and harassing us. I caught him.”