REMARKS
Overview of the Lippman report's creation, scope, and methodology
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Council Member Dinowitz provides a detailed overview of the Lippman report, including its origins, methodology, and scope.
- Governor Kathy Hochul selected Judge Jonathan Lippman to conduct an independent review of CUNY's policies on antisemitism and discrimination.
- The review team conducted over 200 interviews, met with more than 300 people, and visited 13 CUNY campuses over 10 months.
- The report aims to address antisemitism while providing recommendations applicable to other forms of hate and discrimination.
Eric Dinowitz
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On October 31st, New York state governor Kathy Hochul selected Jonathan Lippman, former chief judge of New York and chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals to conduct an independent third party review of CUNY's policies and procedures related to anti Semitism and discrimination.
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In carrying out this review, judge Lippman, who is of counsel at Latham and Watkins, was assisted by a team at the law firm.
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The team was led by judge Littmann's colleague, Lawrence Buterman.
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In his executive summary of the resulting September 2024 report entitled antisemitism and discrimination at the City University of New York, judge Littman noted that dozens of attorneys and staff devoted thousands of hours to this project, including conducting more than 200 interviews and meeting with more than 300 people over almost 10 months.
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Judge Littmann's team of interviewers spoke with CUNY board of trustees members as well as presidents, deans, senior administrators, faculty, chief diversity officers, staff, and students at CUNY campuses.
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Team members visited 13 CUNY campuses to conduct an in-depth examination of the climates of those campuses.
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The 13 campuses included CUNY graduate and professional schools, senior colleges, and community colleges across the city.
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On some but not all of the campuses that were visited, there had been a significant number of reported incidents of antisemitism.
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Judge Lippman's team sought to hear from individuals reflecting as many viewpoints as possible and undertook the interviews without any preconceived notions of what could be defined as antisemitism and discrimination.
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In addition to the interviews, judge Littman's team did a thorough review of CUNY's relevant existing policies and procedures and a comprehensive analysis of legal issues related to free speech in a public university.
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Finally, judge Littmann notes in the report that this review was triggered by and focused in significant measure on issues of antisemitism, but that the report's recommendations are broad and sufficiently content neutral to meet the challenges of other forms of hate and discrimination on CUNY's campuses.
