The head of the New York University Student Bar Association has been removed from his position for publicly blaming Israel for the October 7 terrorist attacks.
The bar voted 707-428 in an online vote between Nov. 15 and Nov. 22 to remove Ryna Workman, who said, “Israel bears full responsibility” for the brutal Hamas massacre.
“We elected Ryna Workman to that prestigious position of leading for the benefit of the student body. “They egregiously misused their platform and instead served their own personal interests and clashed while many students were still processing the horrible things we were seeing in Israel on October 7,” Cole Kauffman, a New York University law student who voted to unseat Workman.
“Someone who cannot see beyond his own perspective is unfit to lead a diverse electorate and does not deserve the distinction of being the SBA president at NYU Law.”
Workman’s dismissal was launched by her colleagues almost immediately after she sent the Oct. 10 letter; NYU leaders quickly disavowed the decision.
The entire SBA was subsequently disbanded for security reasons.
Ryna Workman’s public condemnation of Israel after the October 7 attack sparked controversy. Ryna Workman / Facebook Students at New York University’s law school voted to remove Workman as president of the bar. Helayne Seidman
“The NYU Law unequivocally condemns the recent terrorist acts and atrocities perpetrated by Hamas in Israel. The murder and kidnapping of civilians, the use of sexual violence, and the separation and torture of children are all abhorrent and atrocious,” the school said in an Oct. 11 statement.
“We want to say, loud and clear, to our community: any statement that does not acknowledge this brutality does not reflect the values of NYU Law.”
Workman, who is trans, also faced swift professional fallout when a job offer at the law firm Winston & Strawn, the white-shoe firm representing Hunter Biden, was quickly rescinded.
Workman, who has been seen on campus tearing up leaflets from Israelis held hostage by Hamas, has remained defiant and remorseless.
Workman lost a job offer after blaming Israel for the October 7 attack. James Keivom
“I will continue to defend the human rights of Palestinians and use any platform I have at my disposal to call for a ceasefire and end this occupation that is harming Palestinians,” Workman told ABC News.
In a statement to Washington Square News, Workman said she was “disappointed by the outcome” of the vote.
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