New York’s Democratic party is considering options to expel one of its members, who is running as a candidate for office with the pledge to stop “greedy Jewish landlords”.
Thomas Lopez-Pierre is standing in the Democratic primary for the Upper West Side-Harlem-Washington Heights district, running against Mark Levine, the Jewish incumbent Democratic councilman.
Mr Lopez-Pierre, who describes himself as a black Latino man, has been stating in campaign videos that "Jewish landlords" are "at the forefront of ethnic cleansing/pushing Black/Hispanic tenants out of their apartments”.
In one speech videoed outside Mr Levine’s office, Mr Lopez-Pierre can be seen saying: "Together if we organize we can defeat Mark Levine, we can defeat Donald Trump, and we can defeat Jewish landlords who are pushing black and Latino people out of Harlem, Washington Heights, and the Upper West Side... I don't take one dollar in campaign contributions from these greedy Jewish landlords, and Mark Levine has taken over $100,000 in campaign contributions from these greedy Jewish landlords."
