NYC legal aid group forced to apologize, pay $170K over antisemitism claim

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The Bronx Defenders, a taxpayer-funded, Bronx legal aid group, has been forced to issue an apology and agree to a $170,000 settlement for alleged discrimination against a Jewish staffer.

now been forced to issue an apology and a $170,000 settlement for alleged discrimination against a Jewish staffer, The Post has learned.

“I was cursed and badgered until I could no longer stand the hostility,” said Jonas, who worked at Bronx Defenders for eight years. “But this saga also serves as a vital example of just how pervasive antisemitism is in every sector of society and as a lesson on the necessity for Jewish victims to fight for justice if there are ever to be meaningful consequences.”

Bronx Defenders — which has obtained more than $300 million in city and state funding over the past decade to represent poor defendants in criminal and civil cases — previously came under fire in 2014 when two of its staffers appeared in

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