New York’s state government is considering a bill that would stop the state from hiring or investing in companies which boycott Israel.
Both houses of the New York State Legislature have begun examining the bipartisan bill, which would also involve dropping any pro-boycott companies currently in the pay of the state.
Democratic Senator Michael Gianaris, who co-sponsored the Senate bill, said its passage to becoming a fully-fledged law “should be easy.”
He added that he had introduced the bill because “anyone who says this is a legitimate movement should be condemned, and New York State should make a strong statement that we won’t encourage anyone or business that goes down that road.”
