New York, NY, December 22, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded the release of new guidelines that clearly identify what constitutes gender identity and gender expression discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law. Discrimination based on gender identity and expression has been illegal under the New York City’s Human Rights law since 2002. The new guidelines
New York, NY, December 9, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was alarmed by a violent assault of a Muslim store owner in Astoria, Queens and the recent rise in anti-Muslim violence and rhetoric across the country. According to reports, Sarker Haque, the owner of Fatima Food Mart on 21st Avenue in Astoria was punched repeatedly by an assailant, Piro
New York, NY, December 7, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was troubled by the toppling of a large menorah in Carl Schurz Park in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan. On December 6, the menorah was pushed over and damaged following its lighting by rabbis from Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun and Chabad of the Upper East Side in
New York, NY, December 3, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today reiterated its concerns over recent alleged anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place across New York City. According to the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force, a Bukharian Jewish man who was assaulted on December 2 near a subway station at New Utrecht Avenue and 43rd Street in Brooklyn while
New York, NY, December 1, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply disturbed by an alleged anti-Semitic assault against the manager of a Judaica shop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. According to reports, the perpetrator entered the West Side Judaica & Bookstore on Broadway between 88th and 89th streets and punched the victim in
