🔴 LIVE: Speaker Menin and Council Members Announce Legislation to Confront Antisemitism and Hate

New York City Council · January 17, 2026

0:00/34m

34:01

0:00

10:00

20:00

34:01

Welcome and introduction

Presentation

0:21 → 0:54(32s)

Joshua Mack, senior vice president of marketing and communications at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, opened the event, welcomed New York City Council Speaker Julie Menon and council members, and recalled the museum’s eighth-grade Holocaust education initiative that brought 30,000 students last year.

Keywords:

Speakers:

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menon announced a five-point plan to combat antisemitism and pledged $1,250,000 for Holocaust education at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, including a proposed ‘Schools and Houses of Worship Access and Safety Act’ and a hotline housed at the NYC Commission on Human Rights.

AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Transcript

Unlock the transcript with a paid subscription