NANUET – With anti-Semitism on the rise, particularly after the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, State Senator Bill Weber (R, Nanuet) has introduced legislation that he believes will tone it down.
The proposed law would prohibit New York college students who knowingly engage in anti-Semitism from receiving State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards.
“We thought it would be appropriate to attack anti-Semitism at its root and hit people in the pocketbooks. Students have the right to say certain things but they don’t have the right to be anti-Semitic and let their acts turn into violent acts,” he said. “Taxpayers shouldn‘t be rewarding people on campus for their anti-Semitic activities.”
According to the Anti-Defamation League, since October 7, there has been a nearly 400 percent rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the country.
