New York City's Halal food vendors brush off hate and forge forward
The streets of the "city that doesn't sleep" would not be the same without its food vendors, but advocates say it's time for a more just system
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The streets of the "city that doesn't sleep" would not be the same without its food vendors, but advocates say it's time for a more just system
A court reportedly ruled Wednesday that ex-Obama official Stuart Seldowitz must take a “26-week Anti-Bias Program” during a hearing.
Stuart Seldowitz, 64, will submit to a “26-week Anti-Bias Program through Queens Counseling for Change,” Judge Beverly Tatham ruled.
If Stuart Seldowitz completes the program, the charges he faces for berating a food truck vendor would be dropped, prosecutors said. A Muslim group called it a “sweetheart deal.”
Barry Williams for NY Daily News via Getty ImagesAll charges against the former high-ranking U.S. national security official who made Islamophobic threats against a halal cart employee will be dropped if he completes anti-bias training, VICE News reports. Stuart Seldowitz was charged with two counts of stalking as a hate crime, and one count of aggravated harassment after he was identified in a video making racist remarks against street vendor Mohamed Hussein, who told VICE News that Seldowitz h