“New York Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz expected anti-vaccine mandate protesters outside his office in the Bronx on Sunday. The Democrat even warned constituents to ‘please avoid the area’ if they were concerned about potential exposure to the coronavirus. But Dinowitz did not anticipate that some demonstrators would show up sporting antisemitic symbols. ‘The display of swastikas and yellow Stars of David outside my office today is repugnant and offensive,’ Dinowitz, who is Jewish, tweeted Sunday. The protest outside Dinowitz’s office was organized by Rob Astorino, a Republican and former Westchester County executive running for governor of New York.”
“The gathering was in response to a bill Dinowitz, who represents part of the Bronx in the state legislature, sponsored last month that would require children to receive covid vaccinations to attend school. Dinowitz helped pass vaccine mandate legislation in 2019, when he co-sponsored a bill that banned religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements following a measles outbreak largely centered in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn” – Washington Post.