In Wake of  ‘Antisemitic Speech,’ Calls Grow for Elimination of City University of New York’s Federal Funding, Tax-Exempt Status

‘Raging antisemitism has fully consumed the City University of New York,’ Congressman Lee Zeldin says as he calls for the administration to be overhauled and Jewish students be made welcome again.

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The College of the City of New York, flagship of the CUNY system. Via Wikimedia Commons

In the wake of what has been labeled an antisemitic speech delivered at the City University of New York’s law school earlier this month, numerous groups and individuals are calling on the institution to lose its tax-exempt status and federal funding, given the school’s advocacy for positions like the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. 

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