New York Governor Kathy Hochul asserted in a letter to varsity and college presidents that advocating genocide in any public faculty is a violation of state and federal legislation.
In a letter despatched to campus presidents all through the SUNY and CUNY programs, Hochul mentioned requires genocide are a violation of state human rights legislation in addition to the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“I’m writing to make sure that your group applies the identical commonplace in its code of conduct, and has a clearly outlined and well-known mechanism for people to report complaints,” Hochul mentioned within the letter. “As Governor of New York, I need to emphasize that faculties and universities that don’t adjust to federal and state legal guidelines that defend college students from discrimination could be deemed ineligible to obtain state and federal funds.”
There have been no experiences of widespread requires the genocide of the Jewish individuals or every other group on faculty campuses in New York or every other state.
Hochul despatched the letter within the wake of a congressional listening to on campus anti-Semitism that included the presidents of the College of Pennsylvania, Harvard College and MIT.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., requested the three officers whether or not a scholar calling for the genocide of Jewish individuals was towards their faculties’ codes of conduct.
The three presidents mentioned it will rely upon the context whether or not doing so would represent harassment, bullying or intimidation.
In her letter, Hochul mentioned the officers’ solutions had been “disgraceful” and described them as “moral lapses” that “can’t and won’t be tolerated right here in New York State.”
“I stay grateful for the work you do in educating and defending our college students and your partnership in conserving hate and intimidation off our campus,” Hochul mentioned within the letter.
