Notice of Planned and Ongoing Antisemitic Teacher-Led Activity; Misuse of DOE Authority /Resources; Title VI/ DASA/ NYCHRL Compliance; Preservation Demand
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January 15, 2026
Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels
New York City Public Schools
52 Chambers Street
New York, NY 10007
Re: Notice of Planned and Ongoing Antisemitic Teacher-Led Activity; Misuse of DOE
Authority/Resources; Title VI/DASA/NYCHRL Compliance; Preservation Demand
Dear Chancellor Samuels:
We submit this letter on behalf of Gevura Fund, NYC Public School Alliance, Queens Parents United, United Jewish Teachers, Parents Against Antisemitism, and Safe Campus to provide formal notice of antisemitic (i.e., anti-Jewish) conduct that appears planned and ongoing by teachers employed by the New York City Public Schools (“NYCPS”/“DOE”). Based on publicly available information, a group of City-employed teachers operating as “NYC Educators for Palestine” (“EFP”) is using (or is poised to use) its positions as public-school instructors to publicize, recruit for, and potentially facilitate an off-campus event aimed at indoctrinating K–12 students with ideological and demonstrably false material vilifying the State of Israel and its Jewish inhabitants — which constitute the identity and homeland connection of a substantial portion of world Jewry, including many children in the care of the NYC Public Schools. EFP’s “Palestine Teach-In” is advertised for January 19, 2026 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day). The flyer promoting the EFP program is attached...
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