The City University of New York (CUNY) has been one of the schools at the forefront of the anti-Israel protest movement. This was true even before the 10/7 attack on Israel by Hamas, but afterwards it only escalated. In December, Gov. Kathy Hochul called for an independent investigation of the school.
Trying to stave off legal consequences, in December 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a letter to the presidents of New York’s colleges and universities declaring that failure to address “calls for genocide” made on college campuses “would constitute a violation of New York State Human Rights Law as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” In October, after the outbreak of campus protests, Hochul had asked former state Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman to review “CUNY policies and procedures,” with an eye to recommending actions for the CUNY Board of Trustees “to…
