On Sunday, August 27th over seventy Long Island organizations and religious communities came together to promote mutual respect and strengthen community ties. The event was held at the Mid-Island Y JCC in Plainview. The evening event featured Congressman Thomas Suozzi (3rd district), interfaith clergy members and community leaders, and Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (Oyster Bay). The group of organizers issued

New York, NY, August 23, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over the adornment of a condominium building with swastikas and portraits of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, among others, in Sunnyside, Queens first discovered earlier this week. The building entrance and ground floor were replete with a range of unusual and hurtful imagery including swastikas, tributes

New York, NY, August 23, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today commended 10 mayors across New York State who pledged to fight hate and extremism by signing the Mayors’ Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry. The Compact is a joint initiative of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and ADL to fight extremism and bigotry and promote justice

The Anti-Defamation League welcomed the reinstatement of an event at the Queens Museum to mark the anniversary of a historic U.N. vote leading to the establishment of the State of Israel.

“People have the right to use their voice but they don’t have the right to incite violence,” said ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein on i24 News. We need leadership to speak out boldly, loudly, and right away when something like this happens…we hope the President really sees the problem of white supremacy in America.”