From campus radicalism to City Hall, why I fear for my children’s future - opinion

And as a lifelong New Yorker, I never thought I would see the day when the potential leadership of my city would defend terrorism, the very threat we, as Americans, are supposed to oppose.

Protesters supporting Mahmoud Khalil march in Manhattan the day after a US immigration judge ruled that Columbia student Khalil, who led pro Palestine student protests on campus last spring, can be deported, in New York City, New York, US, April 12, 2025.

(photo credit: REUTERS/CAITLIN OCHS)

ByREBECCA ROTH

JULY 20, 2025 09:10

From campus radicalism to City Hall, why I fear for my children’s future - opinion

And as a lifelong New Yorker, I never thought I would see the day when the potential leadership of my city would defend terrorism, the very threat we, as Americans, are supposed to oppose.

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From campus radicalism to City Hall, why I fear for my children’s future - opinion

And as a lifelong New Yorker, I never thought I would see the day when the potential leadership of my city would defend terrorism, the very threat we, as Americans, are supposed to oppose.

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