"a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights."
"it pains me to be called an antisemite."
"anti-Jewish prejudice was 'a real issue in our city' and one that the next mayor should focus on 'tackling.'"
"This is the necessary step to ensure that we’re not just serving our own campaigns—we’re serving the city at large."
"It takes a toll to wake up in the morning and read messages that say things like... I get messages that say, 'The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim.'"
"Antisemitism is a real issue in this city. And it has been hard to see it weaponized by candidates who do not seem to have any sincere interest in tackling it but rather using it as a pretext to make ..."
"To your question of, 'Why not a more visceral reaction,' part of it has been colored by the fact that when I speak, especially when I speak with emotion, I am then characterized by those same rivals a..."
"there is no room for antisemitism in this city."
"This is a city that every single person deserves to be in."
"This is fascism, and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now."
"As for so many across this country, [Bernie Sanders] has been the single most influential political figure in my life."