Liberal food cooperative in Brooklyn boycotts Israeli products. New Jersey regulators are looking into it.
In May, a Brooklyn food cooperative began boycotting Israeli products – a move its supporters described as a show of support for Palestinian rights during the war in Gaza.
Now the local grocer once described as frequented by “crazy hippies from Brooklyn,” has come under scrutiny from state pension officials across the Hudson River.
The Park Slope Food Co-op’s decision to stop stocking a a handful of Israeli products is now under review by the governor. At Mikie Sherrill administration, according to files examined by POLITICO . New Jersey officials are considering whether to bar the state pension fund from investing in the co-op.
There’s a catch: New Jersey’s pension fund has no investment in the co-op. The state has nothing to give up.
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