New York, NY, May 16, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today commended the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) for its response to allegations that a taxicab driver operated his taxicab while brandishing a Nazi armband with a swastika. After receiving complaints from the public, ADL expressed concern to the TLC, which subsequently suspended the driver’s operator’s
New York, NY, May 9, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed a new law allowing all religiously observant Jews the ability to equally participate in New York State’s State and local primaries. The first day to sign primary petitions was scheduled for June 3, which coincides with the first day of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The law,
New York, NY, May 4, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today praised the New York City Police Department for the arrest of an individual alleged to have vandalized multiple locations in the Borough Park, Brooklyn neighborhood with anti-Semitic graffiti on Saturday, May 3. Former NYPD officer Michael Setiawan, 36, has been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime,
New York, NY, April 24, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over mock eviction notices that were slid under students’ doors in a residence hall at New York University (NYU) by anti-Israel activists as a “disturbing tactic designed to silence and intimidate pro-Israel advocates on campuses around the country.” The notices, which were distributed in NYU’s Palladium
New York, NY, April 3, 2014 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed a “well-reasoned” Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the constitutionality of a New York City School Board policy prohibiting rent-free use of public schools for religious worship. The Court specifically found that the policy does not violate the Free Exercise or Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment,
