Corey Johnson – Eye on Islamism

Judge sentences Corey Johnson to life in prison for killing 13-year-old at 2018 sleepover Corey Johnson apologized to the family of Jovanni Sierra and denounced ISIS. His lawyers had claimed the group's teachings had radicalized Johnson.

January 13, 2022 Gerard Albert III

(Palm Beach Post) Corey Johnson apologized Thursday for killing 13-year-old Jovanni Sierra at a 2018 sleepover. He even denounced ISIS — the militant Islamic group that his lawyers say influenced his thinking before the murder — at his sentencing. “I know I […]

What’s behind the ‘blended extremism’ surfacing today?

March 11, 2021 Johanna Markind

(Hill) Extremists used to be classified easily into discrete categories, but that is getting harder to do. Increasingly, extremists’ motivations seem cobbled together from different, even contradictory hatreds — including adherents of both white supremacism and radical Islam. Why this is happening […]

Advocates say city’s efforts to provide halal, kosher meals are lagging

April 2, 2020 Madina Touré

(Politico) Jewish and Muslim students throughout the city have been largely going without kosher and halal options for meals since city schoolchildren were barred from attending classes because of the coronavirus — and critics say the city’s recent efforts to address the […]

Corey Johnson calls on DOE to provide halal, kosher meals at schools

February 18, 2020 Rich Calder

(NY Post) City Council Speaker Corey Johnson called on the Department of Education to start providing kosher and halal food in schools. Johnson, a 2021 mayoral hopeful, told WNYC radio’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on Tuesday he believes the DOE should use […]

Rabbis demand Sarsour apologize for ‘anti-Semitic narrative’ 'There has never been a country called Palestine,' says Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, responding to brouhaha over NY Councilman Yeger tweet.

March 30, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Arutz Sheva) The Coalition for Jewish Values, representing over 1000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, is demanding a public apology from activist Linda Sarsour for “peddling in anti-Semitic falsehoods” in order to attack an observant Jewish New York City councilman, […]

Council funds Muslim assistance agencies Fourteen religious, social service groups share $250,000 grant pool

August 30, 2018 Michael Gannon

(Queens Chronicle) City Council members were in Jamaica on Aug. 21 to announce grants to 14 community-based agencies that serve the city’s Muslim community. Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) and Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) attended Jumu’ah prayers at the Islamic Circle […]