Public Defender Group Gets Restraining Order to Block Its Union From Voting on Gaza Statement

Public defender offices in New York City are cracking down on speech about Palestine .

Management at several of the offices said statements on Gaza under consideration by their unions were jeopardizing funding.

A vote on the union resolution was halted by a court on Friday after members of the organizations, including union membership, sued.

The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County sued in New York State Supreme Court to stop the vote.

The court granted a temporary restraining order enjoining the vote, but the tally never got underway.

The group said it rejected the union’s resolution, found it antisemitic, and hoped union members would vote against it.