Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov accused the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Gov. Kathy Hochul of having a double standard on who gets to speak there.
on Wednesday to promote education about the Holocaust.
But in May, leaders of a conservative Jewish group, the Tikvah Fund, said it had to cancel a planned event at the museum and relocate to another venue after it was told that museum officials objected to DeSantis speaking.public schools teachers in grades K to 3 from teaching about sexual orientation, which LGBT critics slammed as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
Hochul said during the bill signing ceremony, “I just want to say to the 1.77 million Jews who call New York home: Thank you for calling New York home. Don’t go anywhere or to another state.”AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File, “Florida is overrated. I shouldn’t say this, but look at the governor. It starts at the top down.”
“Instead of pointing fingers at Gov. DeSantis, who has been doing a tremendous job for the Jewish community and all the people of his state, Gov. Hochul has some introspection to do,” Vernikov said.Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
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