The
Newburgh City Council voted Monday night to censure a
controversial councilman accused of antisemitism.
Calls for
Councilman-at-Large Omari Shakur to step aside come after a disturbing rant was
caught on camera.
Shakur was responding to a
resident's concern about unsafe construction at a row of buildings on Broadway
last week when city officials say words were exchanged and a verbal altercation
ensued.
The video allegedly shows Shakur swearing and making antisemitic remarks
This is not the first time
the City Council will have censured Shakur in his less than two years on the
council.
He was censured once before
for vulgar interactions he had with city police. Councilman Shakur apologized for his language ahead of the vote.