Antisemitism has turned CUNY school into ‘hostile’ workplace: suit
Hunter College has become a “hostile work environment” for Jews because of the administration's refusal to suppress anti-Semitic protests, the university's director of Jewish studies claims in a federal lawsuit. Leah Garrett, director of the school's Center for Jewish Studies, said public university leaders turned a blind eye to the anti-Semitic demonstrations that erupted across […]
NYC pols demand anti-Israel CUNY professor be probed over protests
A City University professor who hates Israel helped organize a vile protest on campus that resulted in $3 million in damages, two City Council members claim. City Council members Inna Vernikov (R-Brooklyn) and Kalman Jaeger (D-Brooklyn) are calling for an investigation and possibly the professor's removal. They claim to have “credible information” that Corinna Marin, […]
Lawmakers blast CUNY Chancellor for ‘no data’ after antisemitism probe
Jewish students at the City University of New York recalled horrific acts of anti-Semitism at a City Council hearing Monday as the school's president came under fire over his handling of hate on campus. City University President Félix V. Matos Rodriguez said after an independent report found the public university needed to overhaul its policies […]
CUNY needs overhaul to combat ‘alarming’ antisemitism: NY probe
CUNY needs to overhaul itself from top to bottom to combat “alarming” anti-Semitism stoked by university faculty and do-nothing upper management, according to a damning investigation by an independent investigative committee commissioned by Gov. Kathy Hockle. “I am compelled to note the alarming recent occurrence of unacceptable anti-Semitic incidents targeting members of the CUNY community,” […]
CUNY professor in alleged drug-dealing, student-sex scandal will return to classroom
CUNY has failed to drain this swamp. A professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice implicated in a drug-dealing and student sex scandal that has rocked the taxpayer-funded City University of New York is set to return to teaching next year, The Washington Post has learned. In 2019, John Jay College President Carol Mason […]
CUNY student who menaced Muslim-American nonprofit on Instagram posed with gun, aligned himself with terrorist
A student at Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York has made vile anti-American and anti-Semitic rants online, urging his social media followers to use rocket-propelled grenades instead of fireworks to celebrate Independence Day and proudly calling himself “Antisemite of the Year.” A Washington Post review of Faisal Alam’s now-private Instagram account […]
Top CUNY official gets 16% raise, bringing salary to over $320K
The City University of New York is often called the “poor man’s Harvard,” but that may not be the case when it comes to administrative salaries. CUNY Board of Trustees On Monday night, the board approved paying Gayle Horowitz, who was promoted to secretary and senior vice president, a staggering $320,681 in salary. The public […]
CUNY, Michigan failed to assess if Israel-Hamas protests created hostile environment, Education Dept finds
An Education Department investigation found that the University of Michigan and the City University of New York did not adequately investigate whether incidents on their campuses in response to the war between Israel and Hamas created a hostile environment for students. The University of Michigan agreed to conduct an environmental assessment, provide additional training and […]
Anti-Israel student protesters take over CUNY Graduate Center
On Tuesday night, dozens of anti-Israel student demonstrators occupied the library at the City University of New York Graduate Center and “renamed” it after a university in Gaza that was destroyed in an airstrike. Demonstrators held up Palestinian flags, banners and signs inside the Mina Rees Library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, announcing its new […]
Hundreds of CUNY staff union members call out sick in ‘illegal’ strike to support anti-Israel protesters
At least 300 union members representing faculty and staff at the City University of New York called out sick as part of an “illegal” strike in support of anti-Israel demonstrators arrested on campus this week. James Davis, president of the publicly funded college’s Professional Staff Congress, which oversees more than 30,000 members, said the suspension […]