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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

New York State Senate

New York State Senator Julia Salazar speaks to state legislators during a public hearing on sexual harassment in the workplace, February 13, 2019, in Albany, New York. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
November 22, 2023, 6:36 am
After uproar, NY state senator fires staffer who endorsed Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught
Julia Salazar axes communications and policy director after initially trying to distance herself from social media posts that included ‘I don’t condemn Hamas, I condemn Israel’
By Luke Tress
FILE - In this file photo from February 13, 2019, file photo, New York State Senator Julia Salazar speaks to state legislators during a public hearing in Albany, New York. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
November 21, 2023, 5:57 am
NY state senator seeks to distance self from staffers who praised Oct. 7 Hamas attack
Julia Salazar says she doesn’t endorse views of two of her aides but doesn’t indicate they’ll be reprimanded and calls reporting on their comments ‘cynical’
By Luke Tress
After new district lines were finalized last weekend, multiple politicians are facing new challenges to be elected. These include (from left) Rep. Jerry Nadler, Rep. Mondaire Jones, State Senator Brad Hoyhlman, former Rep. Max Rose, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and Rep. Carolyn Maloney. (Courtesy/JTA)
May 31, 2022, 1:57 am
5 ways New York’s Jews are affected by the new congressional district maps
After a Republican-led lawsuit challenged the lines created this past February, the State Supreme Court had them redrawn. Not all Jewish constituents are pleased with the results
By Jacob Henry
Josef Gluck talks to members of the media about how he obstructed the assailant during a stabbing attack during Hanukkah at a rabbi's home, December 29, 2019, in Monsey, New York. (AP Photo/Julius Constantine Motal)
January 8, 2020, 11:31 pm
Man who threw table at Monsey attacker honored by NY State Senate
Joseph Gluck, who also helped track assailant by recording his license plate number, says ‘I didn’t earn this medal, God earns this medal’
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: Until New York State passed a new law, most Jewish private schools were at a disadvantage when it came to funding for classroom technology. (Courtesy HAFTR)
April 3, 2019, 6:41 pm
New York State Legislature adds $25 million for security in non-public schools
In first, funding will also go to summer camps, in addition to daycares and cultural museums at risk of hate crimes
By Marcy Oster
Julia Salazar answers questions during an interview after winning the Democratic primary over Martin Dilan in New York's 18th State Senate district race, on September 13, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
September 15, 2018, 1:46 pm
Socialist who accused Keyes of sexual assault says voters ignored distractions
NY state senate primary winner Julia Salazar bemoans ‘unreasonable scrutiny’ of her background during campaign to unseat incumbent
By Karen Matthews and Deepti Hajela
David Keyes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman for international media, and New York State Senate hopeful Julia Salazar. Salazar has accused Keyes of sexual assault, an allegation Keyes denies. (Courtesy, Mary Altaffer/AP)
September 11, 2018, 10:25 pm
NY State Senate hopeful accuses Netanyahu’s spokesman of sexually assaulting her
Julia Salazar says media was about to ‘out’ her as victim of 2013 sexual assault; David Keyes denies accusation, saying she has been ‘repeatedly dishonest’ about her past
By Raphael Ahren
In this Wednesday, August 15, 2018, photo, Democratic New York state Senate candidate Julia Salazar smiles as she speaks to a supporter before a rally in McCarren Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
September 6, 2018, 9:52 am
Socialist in New York state Senate race remakes herself
Julia Salazar, a former conservative who veered left in college and says she converted to Judaism in 2013, wants to be part of the progressive surge in the Democratic Party
By Karen Matthews and David Klepper
Supporters of Julia Salazar (center, in white) back the New York State Senate candidate at a news conference in Brooklyn, New York, on August 6, 2018. (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
August 25, 2018, 1:56 am
Amid controversy, NY State Senate hopeful aims to clarify her Jewish identity
Julia Salazar pushes back on report saying her background is ‘largely self-created,’ says she’s a Jew ‘even if gatekeepers of Jewishness want to deny’ it
By Charles Dunst
Illustrative: Children and adults cross a street in front of a school bus in Borough Park, a neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York that is home to many ultra-Orthodox Jewish families. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)
July 22, 2018, 5:00 pm
Lawsuit questions real-world learning at New York’s ultra-Orthodox schools
On Monday critics to ask US federal court to stop NY State from enforcing legislation intended to shield yeshivas from government oversight
By Karen Matthews
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo attending the Cadillac House grand opening in New York City, June 1, 2016. (Mike Pont/WireImage/Getty Images/via JTA)
June 10, 2016, 6:32 am
Praised and reviled, Cuomo’s anti-BDS order seen as game changer by both sides
New York governor’s executive order overrides the State Legislature, raises questions about constitutionality and human rights
By Ben Sales
The East Quad at Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York network (Wikimedia Commons)
March 31, 2016, 8:25 am
NY legislators demand suspension of CUNY pro-Palestinian group
Lawmakers said to respond to ‘several incidents that have left many Jews feeling fearful and intimidated’ on campus
By JTA
The East Quad at Brooklyn College (Wikimedia Commons)
March 22, 2016, 7:59 am
NY’s City University loses funds over anti-Semitism claims
State Senate approves resolution to cut $485M after CUNY students complain of being repeatedly harassed by pro-Palestinian activists
By JTA
Mindy Meyer (photo credit: courtesy, MindyMeyer4senate.com)
July 25, 2012, 2:55 pm
The other kind of pinkwashing
Mindy Meyer, a 22-year-old Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn, gets inspired by ‘Legally Blonde’ for statehouse bid
By Michal Shmulovich
February 2, 2012, 10:40 pm
‘Neo-Nazi’ accusation in all-Jewish Brooklyn political race
The slinging just got muddier with one Jewish state senate candidate saying the other Jewish candidate has ‘ties to skinheads and neo-Nazi groups and white supremacist groups’
By Nathan Burstein
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