New York Governor Kathy Hochul has issued a letter to the presidents of colleges and universities across the Empire State asserting that her administration would enforce violations of the state’s Human Rights Law as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after Ivy League presidents faced backlash for their supposed failure to “clearly and unequivocally denounce antisemitism and calls for genocide on college campuses”.
“Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul of New York warned colleges and universities in a letter on Saturday that she would order legal action against them if they fail to address antisemitism on campus.
Three university presidents appeared before Congress on December 5th to testify about antisemitism on their campuses, after which they were heavily criticized for failing to say whether ’calling for genocide against Jews’ violated their institutions’ codes of conduct. Hochul wrote to all colleges and universities in New York that a failure to address antisemitism would result in legal action from the state under New York State Human Rights Law and Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
UPenn’s president and chairman of the board of trustees resigned on Saturday, while Harvard’s president issued a public apology amid calls for her removal”. -Arjun Singh, Daily Caller
After decades of instilling into college students the maxim often attributed to Voltaire, "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”, college administrators are now being subjected to criticism for not sufficiently denouncing speech that the state of New York deems objectionable.