NYU law student group moves to oust president who cheered Hamas attack
New York University’s Law Student Bar Association on Wednesday moved to oust its president, who had penned a controversial pro-Hamas column in the school’s newsletter, as school brass issued yet another statement condemning the comments.
The backlash came a day after group president Ryna Workman posted a message accusing Israel of “state-sanctioned violence” and saying it bore “full responsibility” for the barbaric and highly coordinated terror attacks that killed more than 1,200 Israelis Saturday.
On Wednesday, members of the Student Bar Association released a statement saying they did not “write, approve, or see this message” before it was published, and said Workman did not speak for them.
The SBA board moved to remove Workman, who identifies as non-binary, as president, a process that will require two hearings later this month, according to the statement, which claimed students were being doxxed, harassed and threatened with death after the posting was made.
Meanwhile the prestigious Greenwich Village law school released a statement — the second from school officials since the column was published — that sought to make “several things abundantly clear on behalf of the NYU Law Board of Trustees and our Law School as a whole.”
“NYU Law unequivocally condemns the recent terrorist acts and the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas in Israel. The murder and kidnapping of civilians, and the use of sexual violence and the separation and torture of children, are all abominable and atrocious,” the statement read.
“We want to say, loud and clear, to our community: Any statement that does not recognize this brutality does not reflect the values of NYU Law.”
New York University itself disavowed Workman’s message Tuesday and noted that the “indiscriminate killing of civilians and hostage-taking, including children and the elderly, is reprehensible.”
Workman’s newsletter cost them a cushy career at Chicago’s Winston & Strawn firm, which rescinded a job offer as outrage grew online.
They did not respond to a request for an interview from The Post.
“Such hatred! Why? Anybody displaying such moral and emotional deficiencies should not be let anywhere near a legal job,” one person commented on X.
“Supporting crimes against humanity should be a disqualify [sic] character flaw for any state bar. Let all state bars know,” wrote another.
