Anti-Semitic Board Offers Hamas Town Hall

In a stunning and yet typical fashion of double-speak, duplicitous actions and definitively controversial, Mr Feiner and his Town Board unanimously allowed the use of the Greenburgh Town Hall last week for an anti-Israel rally at Town Hall. The pro-Palestinian hate-rally Mr Feiner supported was sponsored in part by the Jewish Voice for Peace, a clever name that belies its mission. They bill themselves as “a leader in the American anti-Israel movement”. Also involved was Westpac, another group that sponsors anti-Israeli hate speech.

Westpac had not only enlisted the help of Mr Feiner and his Town Board for the use of the main room at Town Hall, but they have booked Town Hall's main hall for use again on November 5th. Fortunately, Mr Feiner has caved to public pressure and this meeting has been canceled. In another stunning move, Mr Feiner and his Town Board not only allowed the anti-Semitic group the use of Town Hall, but then they called a very hastily conceived special meeting to draft a document for future Town Hall usage. This move would purposely exclude any pro-Israeli groups as well as other Westchester-based organizations from using Town Hall. Typically, rather than barring any outside groups or allowing all of them, they have "grandfathered" already scheduled organizations.

More importantly, there was already a statute on the books that details the use of Town Hall by different groups, including civic associations, Boards, etc. At this first anti-Israel meeting, protesters interrupted the meeting when Ha’aretz’s Gideon Levy got up to speak. He began by saying he hated the occupation and he hated racism, and brainwash which makes those ignorant people... (obliterated). His was an obvious slight toward one pro-Israeli woman, Lauri Regan, who continually held up a sign that said LEVY = HATE. While she was heckling Levy, one man said she should "Go out, we will brutalize you, we will murder you!" Why was nothing done after this threat was made? 

You may recall a number of years ago Mr Feiner decided to refuse use of the main hall to his own Antenna Review Board, who was fighting with him with their position about cell towers throughout the Town. He essentially locked them out of using Town Hall and forced them to meet in the Town Hall parking lot! In 2012, Mr Feiner let the Town Democratic Party use the Town Hall meeting room for their Democratic Nominations without paying any usage or rental fees to the Town. The Westchester Republican Party's Douglas Colety complained about it but since this is Greenburgh, nothing happened.

Mr Feiner has a history of racism for both himself and at Town Hall. He was found guilty of discrimination in the Federal case against him with the Fortress Bible Church Discrimination lawsuit. Employee charges of racism at Town Hall against Town Assessor Edye McCarthy were ignored and eventually buried by Mr Feiner. A number of years ago ABG had access to an email of racism in the police department. When ABG applied for a copy of the email through the Freedom of Information Act, it was refused. 

Mr Feiner also has a history of prejudice with himself and members of his inner circle. He is also known to flip-flop, lie when convenient and "forget" when opportune. His testimony under oath was rebuked by a Federal judge and he was found to be a non-credible witness. So, even though Mr Feiner claims the Town Board is reviewing its meeting room policies, it's nothing more than a diversion to deflect attention away from his anti-Semitic stance due to pressure against him. This must end. Only then will we have A Better Greenburgh.