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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 367

Kathy Hochul

Anti-Israel activists march outside of the CUNY Grad Center on July 22, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 24, 2024, 11:30 pm
Report on antisemitism at CUNY college system calls for ‘complete overhaul’ to approach
Independent evaluation ordered by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul finds that many students ‘do not feel safe on campus due to antisemitism and other forms of hate’
By Luke Tress
Cornell University Prof. Russell Rickford at a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally on October 15, 2023, at the Ithaca Commons. (Screenshot from The Cornell Daily Sun, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 16, 2024, 1:21 pm
Cornell professor who praised Oct. 7 massacre allowed to resume teaching
Decision signals about-face from university’s initial rebuke, comes on heels of president’s resignation; NY Representative Claudia Tenney says she’s ‘deeply disgusted’ by move
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People are pictured in a subway train in the Manhattan borough of New York on April 1, 2024. (Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
June 14, 2024, 6:48 am
Governor proposes mask ban on NYC subway to combat antisemitic incidents
Kathy Hochul cites incident in which anti-Israel protesters with face coverings took over subway cars, but admits challenges remain in formulating policy
By AP
CUNY students and CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez tour the Museum of Jewish Heritage, March 15, 2024. (Luke Tress, via JTA)
May 31, 2024, 4:52 pm
Despite string of pro-Palestinian statements, CUNY faculty union rejects Israel boycott
Union president actively opposed resolution, which sought to ‘ban all academic trips to the Zionist state,’ cancel all cooperation with Israeli academia
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: NYPD vehicles in a religious neighborhood in Brooklyn, November 6, 2022. (Luke Tress)
May 31, 2024, 4:40 pm
Man arrested, charged with hate crimes after driving car at Haredi Jews in Brooklyn
Suspect accused of 10 offenses including attempted murder as hate crime; separately, man indicted for antisemitic slurs at couple who photographed him tearing down hostage posters
By Luke Tress
Police separate Israel supporters and pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Times Square, New York City, October 13, 2023. (Luke Tress)
April 21, 2024, 7:09 am
What would New York’s expanded definition of hate crimes mean for Jewish communities?
Gov. Kathy Hochul aims to add 31 offenses to list of potential hate crimes, including arson, but critics say small-scale offenders won’t be aware of the change or deterred by it
By Luke Tress
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in the Red Room at the state Capitol in Albany, New York, January 16, 2024. (Hans Pennink/AP)
February 18, 2024, 2:58 pm
New York governor sorry for suggesting Israel would be justified in wiping out Gaza
Kathy Hochul admits that remarking ‘there would be no Canada’ if it attacked Buffalo in Oct. 7-like assault was an ‘inappropriate analogy’; other State Assembly lawmakers pan her
By ToI Staff
Albany police officers gather outside Temple Israel, December 7, 2023, in Albany, New York.(AP Photo/Maysoon Khan)
December 8, 2023, 6:04 pm
Man arrested after firing shots at Albany, NY, synagogue, shouting ‘Free Palestine’
Attack on house of worship, with preschool, highlights the steep rise in antisemitic hate crimes outside Israel since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre and Israel’s war on the terror group
By Luke Tress
A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on January 14, 2022. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
November 1, 2023, 9:15 am
Student hit with federal charges for online death threats aimed at Cornell Jews
Patrick Dai faces five years in prison after allegedly posting gruesome threats on forum, sparking alarm on university campus in upstate New York
By AP and ToI Staff
A New York State Police Department cruiser is parked in front of Cornell University's Center for Jewish Living, in Ithaca, New York, October 30, 2023. (AP Photo/David Bauder)
November 1, 2023, 12:16 am
NY cops nab suspect for threats to kill Jews at Cornell, amid antisemitism crackdown
Posts on college’s Greek life page threatened to target kosher dining hall, slit throats of Jewish students; Governor Hochul orders series of steps to curb anti-Jewish climate
By Luke Tress
Jewish students in a library at Cooper Union college in New York as demonstrators outside pound on the doors and chant 'Free Palestine,' October 26, 2023. (X sreenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 26, 2023, 5:46 pm
Jewish students locked in NYC’s Cooper Union as protesters chanted ‘Free Palestine’
NY Governor Kathy Hochul and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine express alarm over incident; ‘It was tense, people were nervous,’ student says
By Luke Tress
New York Governor Kathy Hochul visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Wednesday, October 19, 2023. (Shlomi Amsalem/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)
October 20, 2023, 12:32 am
While in Israel on solidarity visit, New York governor mourns father’s sudden passing
Kathy Hochul puts note with prayers for country and her dad into Western Wall
By Agencies
People attend a 'Stand with Israel' vigil and rally in New York City on October 10, 2023. (Ed JONES / AFP)
October 11, 2023, 10:50 am
Thousands hold New York vigil outside UN in support of Israel after Hamas massacre
‘Your fight is my fight,’ says Mayor Eric Adams as 12,000 unite, including liberal Zionists, right-wing activists, secular and Hasidic Jews; placards declare ‘Never again is now’
By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff
An NYPD patrol car is parked outside a synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, October 7, 2023. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
October 8, 2023, 9:15 am
National Security Council warns Israelis abroad to be on alert for attacks
After Hamas terrorist assault on southern Israel, defense officials say Simhat Torah celebrations could be a target; New York, France and Germany up security at Jewish sites
By ToI Staff and AFP
Traffic makes its way through flood waters along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, Friday, September 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)
September 30, 2023, 10:32 pm
New York City begins to dry out after record rainfall, intense flooding
Gov. Kathy Hochul says 28 people rescued from ‘raging water’ by first responders in Hudson Valley and Long Island
By Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
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