Campaign finance records show far-left city auditor Brad Lander received money for his mayoral campaign from a radically anti-Israel professor at Columbia University, but his hateful comments led to his expulsion from the university. It became clear.
Lander, who describes himself as a socialist and “progressive Zionist,” was arrested in April by former Columbia law professor Katherine Franke, who had previously claimed that the Jewish state was committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip. received $500. defended Anti-Israel hatred among students.
Columbia University hired an outside law firm to report that Franke told Democracy Now in January 2024 that Israeli students at the Ivy were “harassing Palestinians and other students on campus.” An investigation was conducted into the claim that the company was known to be
Investigators found in November that the professor's comments violated several university policies, including disclosing the accuser's name to a reporter and targeting the accuser on social media, according to a copy of the findings. I discovered that there is. Obtained by Times of Israel. Mr. Franke retired this month, said The move was essentially “termination dressed up in more pleasant language.”
Sarah Forman, executive director of the Pro-Israel New York Solidarity Network, demanded that Mr. Lander return Mr. Franke's donation. That he accepted the cash “speaks to how unserious and irresponsible he is to being an honest representative of New York's Jewish community,” she argued.
Franke initially denied making the donation, but later claimed she had donated to a community fundraiser event in May for Brad Lander and then-Congressman. Jamal Bowman “supports both sides in calling for a ceasefire.”
Lander did not respond to requests for comment.
