A PIX11 and Emerson College poll shows Brad Lander leading Rep. Dan Goldman in New York’s 12th Congressional District by 34 points, with 57% to 23%. Lander has taken a harsher stance against Israel than Goldman. Both candidates commented on the Park Slope Food Coop’s proposed boycott of Israeli products, scheduled for a vote next week. Goldman urged members to vote against the resolution, saying a boycott shifts responsibility for the Israeli government’s actions to American Jews and is quintessential antisemitism. Lander said he would vote against the resolution if he were a member, arguing that boycotts, divestments, and sanctions are legitimate advocacy tools and that opposition to Israel is not necessarily antisemitic. Separately, NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin announced a revised “buffer zone” bill limiting protests around schools, excluding colleges and universities after Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed the original version.
"A new poll from PIX11 and Emerson College shows Brad Lander leading Rep. Dan Goldman in New York's 12th Congressional District by 34 points, with 57% of the vote to Goldman's 23%. Lander has differentiated from his fellow Jewish Democrat in part by taking a harsher stance against Israel."
"Goldman urged members of the food coop to vote against the resolution, according to the Forward. He said in a statement that a boycott "only succeeds at shifting the responsibility for the Israeli government's actions to American Jews - which is quintessential antisemitism.""
"Lander, a close ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, signaled to the Forward that he would vote against the resolution if he were a member. "Principled people can disagree here," said Lander. "Boycotts, divestments, and sanctions are legitimate tools of advocacy campaigns. Unlike my opponent, I don't believe all opposition to Israel is antisemitic.""
"New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Wednesday announced a revised version of a "buffer zone" bill to limit protests around schools, this time excluding colleges and universities. Mamdani vetoed the original bill in April. Council Member Eric Dinowitz told our Joseph Strauss that the new Schools Safe Access bill was "slightly tweaked" to gain "more broad support" from city lawmakers."
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