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City Council advances anti-hate package: hotline at CCHR, houses-of-worship transparency, school safety rules and $1.25M for Holocaust education
Summary
The council introduced a five-bill package to combat hate including a hotline at the Commission on Human Rights, a bill directing city agencies and NYPD to help houses of worship plan emergency protocols, a school-focused safe-passage bill, DOE social-media materials for students, and $1,250,000 for Museum of Jewish Heritage programming.
Speaker Menon said the council is moving a five-bill package "to combat all forms of hate," citing recent incidents including more than 70 swastikas painted in a Brooklyn playground and a sharp increase in antisemitic incidents. She framed the package as urgent and focused on transparency, accountability and community safety.
Council Member Lincoln Ressler described Intro 3-88A, which would require the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to establish a public hotline to receive reports of discriminatory harassment and to publish reports breaking down the top bases for…
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