Scott Stringer bashes Andrew Cuomo for creating group to fight antisemitism that has been mostly MIA: Never lifted a finger

A Jewish rival of mayoral frontrunner Andrew Cuomo ripped the ex-governor Sunday, saying he “lied” about a group he built to fight antisemitism that has been largely missing in action.Candidate Scott Stringer said during a speech at the West Side Institutional Synagogue that the advocacy group “Never Again, NOW!” was supposed to fight Jew hatred but instead became a vehicle to prop up Cuomo’s comeback campaign.“He actually showed up in people’s living rooms and promised to set up an organization that would run commercials, host symposiums and – with money raised from the Jewish donor community – join the fight against rising antisemitism,” the former city comptroller and Manhattan borough president said.“But he never lifted a finger.There were no commercials.

Nothing,” Stringer added.“This organization was a vehicle for his mayor’s race – and everybody knows it.”Cuomo had previously spoken at the same synagogue, accusing other candidates in a crowded Democratic Party primary of condoning Jew hatred or being antisemitic.“He knew not to call me out.

That would have been a mistake,” Stringer told congregants earlier in his speech.“But still, I was appalled by his cynical – and frankly pitiful – attempts to divide the city and this community.Stringer said what was worse was what Cuomo did not say in the wake of Hamas’ Oct.

7, 2023 terror attacks in Israel.“He didn’t tell you that he came to this community in our darkest moment, during our hour of need – after more than 1,200 people were murdered by the terrorist organization Hamas, with hundreds of hostages held in Gaza – and he lied to us,” Stringer said.“This was the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.Our hearts were broken,” he said.

“And he sold us all a bill of goods in our darkest moment, during our hour of need … he thinks he’s getting one over on us.But we know better.”Stringer then quoted from a passage in the Talmud to ca...