Local pol’s Israel bill creates controversy in Queens

Local pol’s Israel bill creates controversy in Queens

Astoria Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani recently introduced "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act,” a bill that would stop tax-exempt registered nonprofits in New York from helping to fund the State of Israel’s settlement activities in the West Bank, which have been deemed illegal by the United Nations. That legislation is now garnering condemnation from dozens of his legislative colleagues who have called it antisemetic. 

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Hochul urged to diversify Court of Appeals

Hochul urged to diversify Court of Appeals

“Attorneys who have worked on issues of indigent defense, housing, civil rights, and immigration, however, have a different perspective that can move our state forward in a way that represents all its people.”

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