Brook-Krasny speaks out against boycott of Israel
Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny (D-Coney Island-Bay Ridge) denounced a boycott of Israel organized by the American Studies Association and showed his disgust with the academic group by sponsoring legislation to prohibit colleges from using state aid to fund organizations that have passed resolutions to promote discriminatory boycotts.
The normally mind-mannered Russian-born lawmaker is hopping mad over the academic group’s boycott of Israel.
“The American Studies Association’s discriminatory boycott of Israel and its academic institutions will not be tolerated. The bottom line is taxpayer dollars shouldn’t be used to support boycotts based on a group’s hateful beliefs,” Brook-Krasny said in a strongly worded statement.