(JNS) The City University of New York (CUNY) has reversed course after it assigned a former employee of a vehemently anti-Israel NGO to investigate allegations of anti-Zionist discrimination.
The probe came at the request of Prof. Jeffrey Lax, chair of the business department at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. He alleged pervasive discrimination and harassment against Zionists and Jews on campus, as well as retaliation and a hostile work environment created by Kingsborough President Claudia Schrader.
Lax’s complaint came as Kingsborough and CUNY were under increasing scrutiny due to skyrocketing rates of anti-Semitic incidents committed by members of the student body, faculty, staff and union leadership, with administrators accused of inaction.
CUNY has 25 campuses and around 275,000 students. Kingsborough has about 10,000 students.
