This is part of the path forward. Those demanding accountability must fund accountability tools to keep all students and staff safe—free of hate and intimidation. OCR is grossly under-resourced and under-staffed, which leads to significant backlogs and slow response times. Thank…

On Holocaust Remembrance Day in the year 2024! Shameful.

Thank you CM Menin and NYPD for following up.

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, I am reminded by one of the first major laws passed by the Nazi regime in Germany in April 1933, six years prior to the start of World War II, was to limit the number of Jews permitted into public schools and universities as well as weaponize…

This is the equivalent of posting a banner atop their college entrance declaring Jews are not permitted through these doors. Shameful. Unlawful. Hateful. And not normal.

“This is not peaceful, this is not lawful and this is not normal and this is happening on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is a dangerous escalation of what we’ve already been seeing in the rest of the country.”

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At least 20 synagogues were targeted, including at least 4 in my district.

I've spoken with Rabbis and the Police; they have investigated the specific threats and found them to be not credible.

Antisemitism is unacceptable, and the perpetrators should be prosecuted.

Update: Now at least 4 synagogues in Manhattan have received bomb threats. None thankfully deemed to be credible.

But this is a clear effort to sow fear in the Jewish community. Cannot be accepted.

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day no less.

Not normal.
Not peaceful.
Not lawful.

Thank you Governor Hochul for speaking up and demanding accountability.

Thank you Mayor Adams and NYPD for speaking up and taking steps to protect synagogues and all houses of worship.

I…

Not peaceful. Not normal. Not lawful. This is a brazen hate crime and must be reported as such. Those responsible must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. I also encourage our friends and neighbors to drop by Zizi’s in Chelsea to grab a bite and demonstrate…

Two synagogues in Manhattan received bomb threats today: Rodeph Shalom on W. 83rd and Chabad of Midtown on 5th Av & 43rd.

Both threats were determined by NYPD to be fake.

A clear hate crime, and part of a growing trend of 'swatting' incidents targeting Jewish institutions.

During #JewishHeritageMonth we must double down on cherishing & protecting our Jewish communities.

#NYC has the largest Jewish population outside of Israel & our action will not stop until this hatred finds no refuge in NY.

We stand united embracing #Jewishheritage

Have been saying this. Absolutely correct. And the protections provided by Title VI include combating antisemitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, and other forms of hate. Folks demanding accountability without funding the tools of accountability are just offering rhetoric without…

Powerful and moving remarks by Chancellor Banks last night at the Nova exhibit, which was an emotional and sobering event that chronicled the massacre, including brutal sexual violence, of mainly young people on October 7th at a music festival in Israel that was dedicated to…

It ain’t a Knicks game without a stressful 4th quarter, but this team in true NY spirit, never gives up. #NewYorkForever

Your glaring omission of the legal and moral requirement to protect all students is what I find outrageous, Congressman.

As a former educator and as the former Chair of the NYC Council’s Education Committee, who helped usher in over $700 million to increase school budgets and…