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Request to Address Anti-Semitism at CUNY

This letter from New York State Senator Jack M. Martins requests that Governor Cuomo order an investigation into recent instances of anti-Semitic harassment aimed at Jewish students and faculty on several CUNY campuses. The letter notes media reports of disturbing acts by the group Students for Justice in Palestine, including ethnic slurs, disrupted meetings, and swastikas. The senator calls these "hate speech and intimidation" that should have no place in New York colleges. He asks the governor to take action to stop such anti-Semitism and hold accountable those who carry it out or enable it.

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Request to Address Anti-Semitism at CUNY

This letter from New York State Senator Jack M. Martins requests that Governor Cuomo order an investigation into recent instances of anti-Semitic harassment aimed at Jewish students and faculty on several CUNY campuses. The letter notes media reports of disturbing acts by the group Students for Justice in Palestine, including ethnic slurs, disrupted meetings, and swastikas. The senator calls these "hate speech and intimidation" that should have no place in New York colleges. He asks the governor to take action to stop such anti-Semitism and hold accountable those who carry it out or enable it.

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Febrnary28, 2016

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo


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Albany, New York 12224
Dear Governor Cuomo:
I am writing to request that you direct action to be taken to address the troubling
instances of harassment aimed at members of the Jewish faith on CUNY campuses.
Recent media reports have noted a number of disturbing acts targeting Jewish students
and faculty at CUNY campuses, including Brooklyn College, John Jay College, Hunter College
and the College of Staten Island. According to the reports, members of Students for Justice in
Palestine (SiP) have directed numerous ethnic slurs at Jewish students, disrupted a faculty
meeting and called one professor a Zionist pig, and defaced university property with swastikas.
These incidents are not just people exercising their first amendment rights; this is hate speech
and intimidation. No one should feel threatened at a college campus because of their religious
beliefs.
These anti-Semitic actions are deplorable and have no place in New York State,
especially at institutions of higher learning. Knowing that you have long been a strong supporter
of Israel, Im certain you agree. As such, I respectfully request that you order an investigation
into these disgusting incidents of anti-Semitism so that they can be stopped and the people who
perpetrate, allow or enable them held accountable.
Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,

JACK M. MARTINS
New York State Senator

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