Exclusive | Ex-NYU Student Bar Association prez Ryna Workman that was axed for vile anti-Israel comments lands at woke nonprofit

The former head of NYU’s Student Bar Association axed for vile anti-Israel comments has been quietly working for an ultra-woke nonprofit itself accused of antisemitism that rakes in millions in taxpayer dough.Ryna Workman began as a staff attorney for the Bronx Defenders last year, according to her LinkedIn bio, where she says, “I have focused my work on organizing students to be involved in liberation efforts.”But Workman, is not listed on the group’s website and it’s unclear what her day-to-day responsibilities at the organization, which raked in more than $6 million last year from the City Council, with the overwhelming majority of those funds going to pay for legal services to illegal migrants, data show.Workman made headlines after cheering the terrorists’ Oct.7, 2023 slaughter of at least 1,200 Israelis — and blamed the Jewish state for the slaughter.“I want to express, first and foremost, my unwavering and absolute solidarity with Palestinians in their resistance against oppression towards liberation and self-determination,” Workman, wrote in an email to the NYU Law student body three days after the attack.The statement sparked outrage and led to Workmans’ removal as NYU student bar association president.

A plum job at the law firm of Winston and Strawn was also rescinded.Her current employer is also no stranger to controversy.In 2021 a director there circulated an email blasting Israel with long recycled false allegations of “genocide.”And two years later, the group was forced to issue an apology and a $170,000 settlement for alleged discrimination against a Jewish staffer.“Ryna is a perfect case study of how the woke mind-virus poisons young minds at our elite institutions— she gets accepted to NYU, adopts they/them pronouns, begins supporting Hamas, and starts tearing down hostage posters,” said Jason Curtis Anderson, co-founder of One City Rising, a good government nonprofit.“What are they learning at these schools that ...