NYC councilwoman Inna Vernikov hits CUNY, Eric Adams over ‘anti-Israel’ antisemitism probe

September 19, 2022   

(NY Post) A Brooklyn councilwoman is taking the city’s public college system to task for assigning a former employee of an anti-Israel BDS group to investigate a high-profile incident of antisemitism flagged by a Jewish college professor.

“@CUNY assigning a former @CAIRNational rep to investigate allegations of Antisemitism, is like asking a sexual abuser to investigate the sexual harassment/rape allegations of a victim of such abuse,” tweeted Republican Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, a Ukrainian-born American Jew on Thursday.

“Would @CUNY hire David Duke to investigate claims of racism? #endjewhatred,” she added.

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