Members of the New York City Council blasted the head of the City University of New York (CUNY) Monday following a hearing where he was unable to identify any improvements to combat antisemitism on campus, the New York Daily News reported.

“I do think it is outrageous that when we’re having this hearing on such an important topic, that the most rudimentary questions you’ve been unable to answer,” said Councilwoman Julie Menin of Manhattan, part of its Jewish caucus. “It’s just wholly unsatisfactory. It’s not enough just to show up.”

Following the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas on Jewish civilians in Israel, many American universities were subject to constant anti-Israel protests and rampant antisemitism on college campuses. New York City was ground zero for the protests with a May incident at CUNY resulting in 25 arrests, break-ins at multiple buildings, glass doors smashed, and offices vandalized. In September, Jewish students at Baruch College were harassed by members of Students for Justice in Palestine and told to “go back to Brooklyn” by anti-Israel protestors.

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