Activists who favor the law scoffed at this argument. "Sen. Kuipers has no idea of a definition? Perhaps is it because the full definition was stripped from the legislation by his counterparts," said ...

New hate crimes legislation is part of an agreement Gov. Hochul reached with legislative leaders in negotiations over the state budget.

The bill would for the first time enshrine a definition of antisemitism into federal law, and instruct the Education Department to consider it when investigating allegations of discrimination ...