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Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Chief Government Affairs Officer Lisa Katz issued the following statement on Friday following New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s announcement he would veto a bill recently passed by the City Council to establish protest-free buffer zones in front of educational institutions:
“Mayor Mamdani’s decision to veto the school buffer zone bill confirms what the Jewish community has long feared. The mayor claims to support the safety of religious institutions, and we note that he has allowed the houses of worship buffer zone bill to become law. But his veto of protections for schools, including the Jewish day schools and yeshivas that are home to thousands of Jewish children and families across New York City, tells a different story. When given the choice to act, he chose to leave them vulnerable.’
“The decision of where to draw the buffer zone should not rest with the NYPD or the mayor alone. That determination belongs with the City Council, which should establish a neutral, consistent baseline that protects safe access to schools and other sensitive sites while fully preserving the right to lawful expression. We stand firmly behind the originally proposed 100-foot buffer as the appropriate starting point for that standard.”
“Antisemitism is not a political football. It is a deadly and escalating threat, and New York’s Jewish community deserves elected officials who treat it with the urgency it demands. Mayor Mamdani has once again chosen otherwise.”
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