New York, NY – New York City Council Members Pushing For Boycott of Arizona As Punishment For Immigration Law

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    FILE - This April 29, 2010 file photo shows Josephine Nevarez, of Phoenix, holding a sign in protest.  Arizona is facing a backlash over its new law cracking down on illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)New York, NY – Don’t fly U.S. Airways, don’t watch the Arizona Diamondbacks – and don’t go to the Grand Canyon.

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    That’s the message from City Council members who introduced a resolution Wednesday urging New Yorkers to boycott Arizona and its businesses as punishment for its new law targeting illegal immigrants.

    “We have concerns about how the boycott can hurt the working-class people, but we believe that … it is necessary,” said Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez of Washington Heights, who compared it to 1980s anti-apartheid boycotts against South Africa.

    Controller John Liu is studying how New York could sever its contracts and investments with Arizona-based companies. He and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio support it. Council Speaker Christine Quinn said she is open to it.

    A similar boycott passed the Los Angeles City Council yesterday – and is backed by that city’s mayor.

    Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called on Major League Baseball to move next year’s All-Star game out of Phoenix.

    Meanwhile, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer stirred new outrage by signing a bill banning ethnic studies in schools.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    i think we should boycott New york and los angeles. what arizona did was the right thing to do because the government just wasnt addssing the problems they were having. i say kudos for arizona and shame on u new york and los angeles

    David
    David
    13 years ago

    So, in order to get back in everybody’s good graces, Arizona needs to stand idly by and wink as people illegally traipse across its border with Mexico, lower its wages, import drug violence, and demand services at the expense of its taxpayers? Why should we insist that Arizona ignore its problems? Can’t we just spend our time ignoring our own problems?

    Boycott NYC council
    Boycott NYC council
    13 years ago

    NYC should be focusing on enforcing the LAW instead of boycotting Arizona.

    what kind of non sense is this, anyone whose name that will appear in support of this bill will be out for a challenge in the next election.

    BOYCOTTER
    BOYCOTTER
    13 years ago

    I’m all for the boycott of Arizona iced tea due to the high sugar content.

    a yid
    a yid
    13 years ago

    And Utah should boycott New York because of their domestic partner policies.
    And Washington should boycott Nevada because of their sin laws.
    And Idaho should boycott Illinois for their abortion policies. And the entire US should boycott LA and New York for trying to tear apart our union. These liberals have now idea what political discourse means. They constantly try censoring and name calling. Its either my way or I you are a bigot, racist homophobe etc. and I boycott you.!!!!

    These liberals need to learn political tolerance is as important as racial tolerance.

    RightJew
    RightJew
    13 years ago

    NYC has served notice once again that’s it controlled by anti-American, anti-Torah, homo-pandering leftist scoundrels who exhibit utter contempt for the constitutional rights of decent American citizens.

    Instead of boycotting law abiding, decent Americans who only want to protect their state from an invasion of criminals, lets boycott at the next election the homo-fascist leftist scoundrels controlling the NY Council.

    And lets put in cherem the Ortho-faker leftist fraud Shelly Silver.

    Obamanation
    Obamanation
    13 years ago

    these b’haimis don’t have enough of there owen problems? take care of the Bronx, Harlem and all the criminals legal and e legal than we should help Arizona with the same, and when the USA is fine and clean that we can start with the boycotts.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Can I still drink Arizona ice tea? =/ It’s based and distributed in NY. By the way Go LA, Cisco, and NY 🙂 Boycott Arizona baby!

    Obamanation
    Obamanation
    13 years ago

    Gov. Jan Brewer your my kind of Governor!!! please come to NY you will have alot of support and voters. GO GO GO! keep up the good work!!

    arizona
    arizona
    13 years ago

    these democrats were illegal aliens and became citizens so this is what we can expect from them

    czyrankevic
    czyrankevic
    13 years ago

    when will nyc come to its senses by the way had these illegals been jews they would have been deported a long time ago even by the politically correct liberals

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I agree with posters #1 ,#2 and #3.
    Also,if we start boycotting states we should boycott California for
    immorality and loose lifestyles.
    Let’s see if there will being a rash of boycotts and counter-boycotts.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Maybe NY should follow the AZ law, and then you would realize a very large savings on your budgets.
    It’s only the ILLEGALS, and thereis no racial profiling. Remember last year, Bloomie gave ONE WAY tickets to illegals to return home. That was okay., but the AZ law isn’t?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    The liberals have a simple strategy to take over America. It’s called divide and conquer. Let’s support having our cities and states boycott each other. We will need to remove the word United from the name of our country, and we will succeed in taking ourselves back to colonial times. Brilliant.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Ethnic studies were banned as they were worded as the United States being a conquerer, and the Mexicans have to reconquer the southeast United States.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Everyone that votes for this bill should be voted OUT

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    does any body have an idea where does david greenfeld stand on this issue?

    Jimmy Justice
    Jimmy Justice
    13 years ago

    Are new york legislators for real when they are calling for a boycott of arizona?

    What ?!?!!

    Arizona is enforcing the law ! give me a break.

    If anything, there should be a boycott of new york. New York City has the chutzpah to enforce arcane petty parking rules to generate revenue and steal money from hard working middle class New Yorkers.

    If new york is against enforcing laws, let them start by firing the corrupt traffic enforcement agents.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Disagreeing with one states laws is one thing, that’s why we are divided in states, county’s, districts, etc, etc, so every locality can do as it wishes, and yes we can disagree, as the saying goes ‘we agree to disagree’

    But boycuting is absurd and childish unless they want to change our name to: Divided States of America

    brooklyn yid
    brooklyn yid
    13 years ago

    shame on sheldon silver

    lives in Arizona
    lives in Arizona
    13 years ago

    i dont get y it is bad 2 crack down on illegal immigrants
    p.s what happened to the boy that got hit by a car

    Allan
    Allan
    13 years ago

    Sheldon Silver should worry more about the madness going on in Albany and not about concern himself with Arizona. I for one agree with what the goverment in Arizona is doing…what part of illegal don’t people understand? Enough is enough …you are either here legally or you are not.