{"id":117367,"date":"2026-01-30T13:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117367\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:30:11","slug":"new-city-council-task-force-formed-to-combat-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117367\/","title":{"rendered":"New City Council task force formed to combat antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Left to right: Council members Kevin Riley, Justin Brannan, Inna Vernikov and Yusef Salaam listen to testimony during the Zoning &amp; Franchises subcommittee on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Owen Lavine<\/p>\n<p>CITY HALL \u2014 BROOKLYN CITY COUNCILMEMBER INNA VERNIKOV, R-48, WILL CO-CHAIR A NEWLY-FORMED BIPARTISAN TASK FORCE to fight antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>City Council Speaker Julie Menin created the task force to address an unprecedented rising tide of antisemitism across New York City. Vernikov and Councilmember Eric Dinowitz, D-11\/Bronx, will co-chair the bipartisan task force, working to protect Jewish New Yorkers from hate and discrimination through proactive, enforceable measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among these measures are hearings, both on-site and in the field, oversight and investigations, which Vernikov said were intended to hold accountable persons at the helm of institutions of higher learning, organizations and other entities who tolerate or embolden  <a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2026\/01\/16\/3060\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">what Menin described<\/a> as an increasingly hostile environment for Jewish New Yorkers in various spaces, citing a major rise in anti-Jewish hate crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Menin, speaking at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, announced a Council-led Five-Point Action Plan, a package of legislative and funding actions intended to combat antisemitism, strengthen protections for schools and all houses of worship, and expand Holocaust education citywide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd5hEdpXLwpeWAPMPmcmdn--vHz1InXjphFdhedt_prXKoVFQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ultima-reader-response.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<br \/>\n<a class=\"related-articles comment-link\" style=\"clear: both;padding-top:6px;color:#6cc4e8;\" href=\"#comments\" title=\"Leave a Comment\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/363937\/mta-bus-driver-honored-for-helping-deliver-baby-on-b37\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/christopher1-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bus operator Christopher Accettulli at the Jackie Gleason Depot describes how he assisted a customer who went into labor aboard his B37 bus on Friday, Jan 23. Photo: Marc A. Hermann\/MTA\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMTA bus driver honored for helping deliver baby on B37<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 27 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/363722\/hunker-down-nycs-huge-snow-clearing-operation-is-underway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Snowstorm-10-Promenade-dog-Mary-Frost-250x250.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Braving Sunday\u2019s storm on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHunker down: NYC\u2019s huge snow-clearing operation is underway<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 25 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/363494\/mamdani-sundays-snowfall-biggest-in-years-but-no-snow-day-monday-kids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Snowstorm-01-Mamdani-Mary-Frost-250x250.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday at a press conference on this weekend\u2019s winter storm, at Emergency Management headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMamdani: Sunday\u2019s snowfall \u2018biggest in years\u2019 \u2014 but no snow day Monday, kids<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 23 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/363538\/ag-james-warns-of-price-gouging-ahead-of-blizzard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25233518815710-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 14, 2025. Photo: Yuki Iwamura\/AP\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAG Letitia James warns of price gouging ahead of blizzard<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 23 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Left to right: Council members Kevin Riley, Justin Brannan, Inna Vernikov and Yusef Salaam listen to testimony during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3862,3302,98,100,99,33165,19077,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-117367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-antisemitism","tag-breaking","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-inna-vernikov","tag-julie-menin","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}