Source: New York Post
City Council Speaker Julie Menin rallied alongside faith leaders and fellow lawmakers Wednesday in support of a slate of new bills to combat antisemitism, including one to beef up protections for houses of worship during protests. “These bills are grounded in a simple but urgent principle: every New Yorker should feel safe entering their house of worship or their school,” said Menin ahead of a hearing held by the council’s Committee to Combat Hate. Menin, who at the start of her tenure in January unveiled a five-point plan to combat antisemitism, had originally proposed a bill that would have required the NYPD to establish a secure perimeter of up to 100 feet in the event of protests outside of religious buildings.
