Hochul: ‘Absolutely Despicable’ to Cut Funding to Schools Where Antisemitism Is ‘Rampant’

During an interview with NY1’s “Inside City Hall” on Monday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stated that “people who criticize the antisemitism on our campuses are not wrong. It is rampant in ways that are shocking to me,” but “It is absolutely despicable” for the Trump administration to threaten funding to Columbia and Cornell.

Host Errol Louis asked, [relevant exchange begins around 15:40] “What’s your reaction to the administration threatening to pull federal funding from Columbia University? That appears to be expanding and now it includes the other New York Ivy, which is Cornell, which is partly a state school, as a matter of fact.”

Hochul responded, “It is absolutely despicable, threatening our educational institutions because they don’t teach the way you want them

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