{"id":376435,"date":"2026-10-18T21:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T21:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376435\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T21:32:12","slug":"ny-democratic-party-approves-resolution-condemning-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376435\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Democratic Party approves resolution condemning antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state Democratic Party has quietly approved a resolution condemning antisemitism as it battles back against the notion its leaders \u201care soft\u2019\u2019 on anti-Jewish hate.<\/a><\/p>\n

The little-noticed measure was overwhelmingly passed earlier this month \u2014 moments after Jay Jacobs, who is Jewish and a supporter of Israel, was overwhelmingly re-elected as party chairman<\/a> over insurgent candidate and Otsego County Democratic Party Chair Caitlin Ogden.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel very good about it. I\u2019m constantly responding to claims that Demcrats are soft on antisemitism,\u201d Jacobs told The Post.<\/p>\n

Anti-Israel activists with Hamas flags outside of City Hall in Manhattan on Oct. 7, 2026. Michael Nigro for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York Democratic Party, in its official press release put out Oct. 1 about the election of officers, made no mention of the proposed resolution.<\/p>\n

Jacobs insisted that the omission was an oversight and got lost amid the focus on the party\u2019s internal elections, including his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a mistake. We dropped the ball,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want the people to know what the New York Democratic Party is doing to confront antisemitism. It\u2019s consequential,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n

Leftists in the party had been pushing to oust Jacobs, who is also the Nassau County Democratic Party chairman, for alleged lackluster leadership and refusing to endorse radical New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani last year.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Post\u2019s cover on Jewish leaders accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani of \u201cfanning\u201d antisemitism in the city.<\/p>\n

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman<\/a>, during his debate last week with Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, accused Hochul ally Mamdani of being an \u201cantisemite.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacobs\u2019 more moderate leanings within the party \u2014 including his support of Israel \u2014 have rankled some progressives and Israel-bashers.<\/p>\n

The new antisemitism-related resolution states: \u201cContemporary antisemitism often manifests through subtle rhetoric, coded language and dog whistles including, but not limited to, Holocaust denial and distortion; modern blood libels depicting Jewish people as inherently murderous or targeting children; conspiracy theories alleging Jewish control of governments, financial institutions, or the media; accusations of dual loyalty to Israel; and the use of Israel as a pretext for hostility toward Jewish people or Jewish institutions.<\/p>\n

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman accused Mamdani of antisemitism during his debate with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Oct. 13, 2026. via REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cAntiisemitism continues to be expressed through overt acts of intimidation and violence, including assaults on Jewish individuals, vandalism of Jewish institutions, the display of swastikas, Nazi symbols and Nazi salutes, threats against synagogues and schools, and other acts intended to intimidate or terrorize Jewish communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo person should be subjected to violence, targeted discrimination, intimidation, or harassment because of their religion, heritage, or ethnicity; now, therefore, be it. Resolved, that the New York State Democratic Committee: Condemns all antisemitic violence, intimidation, discrimination, and aggression,\u201d the measure states.<\/p>\n

The resolution applauded Hochul\u2019s approval of a buffer-zone law <\/a>that particularly criminalizes harassment outside synagogues and other houses of worship.<\/p>\n

New York state Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs told The Post that Mamdani is not an antisemite. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The statement also lauded Mamdani\u2019s 900% increase in funding for the Office of Hate Crime Prevention in this year\u2019s city budget.<\/p>\n

Jacobs defended Mamdani to The Post, saying his pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel views do not make him an antisemite.<\/p>\n

\u201cZohran Mamdani is not an antisemite. He sympathizes with the Palestinian cause, and he opposes some of the actions of the Israeli government. I have disagreements with him on some of the issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that Bruce Blakeman said that is an effort to get votes, and it\u2019s shameful.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Dem Party\u2019s new resolution also calls for legislation and resources to combat antisemitism and hate crimes and educational initiatives statewide that teach the history, contributions and experiences of Jewish people, the Holocaust and current manifestations of antisemitism.<\/p>\n

The statement calls on all individuals campaigning for or holding Democratic Party positions to abide by the spirit and intent of the hate fighting party platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The state Democratic Party has quietly approved a resolution condemning antisemitism as it battles back against the notion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3862,1626,651,68,24539,426,57,9,24,55,54,56,87,58,82],"class_list":["post-376435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-antisemitism","tag-bruce-blakeman","tag-democratic-party","tag-exclusive","tag-jay-jacobs","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-politics","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376435","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=376435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}