New York Mayor Bill de Blasio joined the Upper East Side Chabad and nearby Kehilath Jeshurun for the second night of Chanukah lighting, a day after vandals tore down and smashed the community’s menorah in Carl Schurz Park over the night.

Police are treating the incident as a hate crime. They have offered a $2,500 reward for any information leading to a suspect’s arrest.

The Chanukah menorah was repaired and the entire community was invited to once again come to the Carl Schurz Promenade, just east of 86th Street and East End Avenue, to light the second Chanukah candle on Monday.

“Last night we gathered to kindle the menorah, bringing light to the world, and this morning we were met by an act of darkness. Chanukah teaches us that light will always overcome darkness. Just as the Maccabees were victorious in battle, we will always forcefully stand for what is right – and we will win!,’’ said Chabad Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasniasnki

“Just as a small amount of oil stayed lit for 8 days, we are confident that the light of tolerance, of faith, of values, and of justice, will light up the darkness in our world today,” he added.

Kranianski said it was the first such incident in the eight years the two synagogues have carried on the tradition of lighting the menorah in the park together.

Mayor Bill de Blasio was on hand to relight the menorah and said it’s important to stand up for what’s right.

“This is the epitome of who we are because even when confronted by hatred, by division, we stand up, we show our strength, we show our resilience, de Blasio said.

“When we see an act of prejudice, when we see an act of hate, we must respond to it,” he said.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said it was troubled by the incident. “ADL recently expressed concern over anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place across the five boroughs, including two assaults, one in Brooklyn and another in Manhattan, as well as an incident of anti-Semitic harassment outside of a synagogue in Brooklyn,” the group said in a statement.