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As a diverse coalition of concerned New Yorkers and grassroots social justice groups, we urge the City Council to exercise the responsibility as elected officials by declining to accept an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel, scheduled for February 2015 and sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and United Jewish Appeal, which inaccurately claim to speak for the Jewish community. Do not neglect your official responsibilities to our diverse city by touring an apartheid state.

NY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING ON TRIP TO ISRAEL
1. Melissa Mark-Viverito (member of Progressive caucus)
- East Harlem, Bronx
2. Mark Treyger
- Coney Island, Bensonhurst
3. Brad Lander (member of Progressive caucus)
- Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, and Borough Park
4. Antonio Reynoso (member of Progressive caucus)
- Bushwick, Williamsburg, Ridgewood
5. David Greenfield
- Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Midwood
6. Rafael Espinal
- Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, Oceanhill-Brownsville, and East New York
7. Darlene Mealy
- Bed Stuy, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, East Flatbush
- Co chairs Brooklyn Caucus, part of Black, Latino and Asian Caucus, and the Women’s Caucus
8. Mark Levine (member of Progressive caucus)
- Wash Heights, Morningside Heights, UWS
Co chair of Jewish Caucus
9. Helen Rosenthal (member of Progressive caucus)
- UWS
10. Corey Johnson (member of Progressive caucus)
- Greenwich Village rep, took over from Christine Quinn
11. Ritchie Torres (member of Progressive caucus)
- Bronx
12. Andy Cohen
- Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Riverdale, Van Cortlandt Village, Wakefield, and Woodlawn
13. Donovan Richards (member of Progressive caucus)
- Queens
14. Eric Ulrich (Republican)
- Broad Channel, Hamilton Beach, H
15. Jimmy Van Bramer (member of Progressive caucus)
- Queens
- City Council Majority Leader, second most powerful position (after Mark-Viverito)