New York, NY, January 11, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed deep concern about a bomb threat made against the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Staten Island and thanked the New York Police Department (NYPD) for their swift response. According to reports, a threatening note was discovered in the JCC this morning with the image of a swastika,

Watch the interview with ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein:  “These kinds of threats do affect communities,” said Evan Bernstein of the Anti-Defamation League. “Institutions need to do everything they can to protect themselves, look at their security measures, analyze their security, and take every single one of these threats as seriously as possible and bring it to law

New York, NY, January 4, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today denounced remarks made by New York State Assemblyman Clifford Crouch who, in reaction to Governor Cuomo’s announcement of a task force on educating about minimum wage, equated the move to a “personal gestapo force.” ADL reached out to the Assemblyman’s office shortly following the alleged comments reported on

New York, NY, December 29, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over the vandalism of two menorahs in Brooklyn during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. According to reports, menorahs in Prospect Heights and Park Slope were vandalized over the holiday weekend. The menorah in Prospect Heights was knocked to the ground, and the Park Slope menorah had

New York, NY, December 27, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed  a decision by the New York Court of Appeals recognizing that excluding an individual from a jury based on skin color is prohibited under Batson v. Kentucky, the New York State Equal Protection Clause, and New York State Civil Rights Law. This is the first time the highest