NY’s AG: ‘Campaign To Deny Jews Housing Blatantly Anti-Semitic’

By Arutz Sheva
Posted on 12/08/19 | News Source: MATZAV

The attorney general in New York state has accused an upstate town of discrimination for its attempt to block a real estate development that is partly owned by chasidic Jews.

In papers filed Thursday in US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Letitia James accused officials of Chester and Orange County of “a concerted, systematic effort” to block chasidic families from moving to the town.

“Blocking the construction of homes to prevent a religious group from living in a community is flat out discriminatory,” James said. “This campaign to deny housing to members of the Jewish community is not only a clear violation of our laws, but is antithetical to our basic values and blatantly anti-Semitic. New York has a longstanding commitment to ensure equal housing opportunities for all residents – regardless of race, gender, or religious identity – and we will ensure this commitment is upheld.”

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