An independent party will review antisemitism policies at the City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban public university system, Hochul announced
FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the state Capitol, Feb. 1, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. On Tuesday, Oct. 31, Hochul announced a probe of antisemitism policies at the City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban public university system, as protests about the war between Israel and Hamas erupt at college campuses across the country.
The governor made the announcement a day after she visited Cornell University to pledge that state police would investigate online posts threatening violence against Jewish students at the private, Ivy League school in upstate New York. “I’m worried this is just another smokescreen to silence or undermine pro-Palestine activism during a time when it’s needed the most,” said Nerdeen Kiswani, a former leader of the campus group Students for Justice in Palestine.
On Oct. 13, a pro-Israel member of New York’s City council was arrested after she brought a handgun to a student demonstration supporting Palestinians outside Brooklyn College, which is part of the CUNY system. Lippman said in a written statement that as a judge and lawyer, his focus “has always been first and foremost on fairness and equal justice.”
The final report ultimately cleared the group of several allegations, noting it was wrong to link its anti-Zionist stance to antisemitism. But the damage inflicted by the monthslong investigation, which included repeated interviews with student activists, brought a cloud of suspicion that “effectively quelled Palestinian activism on campus,” according to Kiswani.
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