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,
“Knockout” Attacks Led to Increase in Assaults New York, NY, April 1, 2014 … The number of anti-Semitic incidents in New York State fell by 18 percent in 2013, according to newly issued statistics from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents counted a total of 203 incidents statewide in 2013 – a decrease from 248 incidents
New York, NY, March 26, 2014 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has honored former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly with the ADL Americanism Award in recognition of his lifetime of public service and his leadership at a time when New York and the country were confronted with terrorism and other security threats. “There are few people with 50 years
