(Free Beacon) Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) grilled City University of New York (CUNY) chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez over the school’s decision to hire Saly Abd Alla, a former employee of the pro-Hamas Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), as its chief diversity officer.
“In 2021, you hired Abd Alla as CUNY’s chief diversity officer, and this role includes overseeing anti-Semitism complaints and initiatives. Were you aware at that time that this senior administrator you hired was previously employed by CAIR?” Stefanik asked during a Tuesday House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing on campus anti-Semitism.
Matos Rodriguez replied that Abd Alla served in “the central office with no responsibility over cases that have to deal with students or faculty.” He maintained that the public university system has “expectations of total professionalism and compliance with all the rules and policies of CUNY.”
