NY Gov. Kathy Hochul announces $2.6 million to aid state’s Holocaust survivors
40,000 state residents who are victims of Nazi genocide
40% of whom are in poverty
we owe them a lifetime of care
Year to year, the funding increases support for Holocaust survivor services by over $1 million.
UJA-Federation of New York, the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and other Jewish nonprofits lobbied for the funding.
https://www.jta.org/2022/04/28/ny/ny-goc-kathy-hochul-announces-2-6-million-to-aid-states-holocaust-survivors
the Governor also announced the Ukrainian flag will be flown on the Capitol building, the Executive Mansion, and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services headquarters.
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-launches-website-resources-ukrainian-people-and-their-allies-new-york
Yet after simply Googling the terms "Ukraine" and "Neo-Nazi," the official position of the United States government along with the stance taken by many in the American media both now seem quite dubious, if not downright ridiculous, especially considering that one would be hard-pressed to machinate the lineup that now dominates Ukraine's ministry posts.
Andriy Parubiy, the new secretary of Ukraine's security council, was a co-founder of the Neo-Nazi Social-National Party of Ukraine (SNPU)…
A report from Tel-Aviv University describes the Svoboda party as "an extremist, right-wing, nationalist organization which emphasizes its identification with the ideology of German National Socialism."
According to this BBC news clip two Svoboda parliamentarians in recent weeks posed for photos while "brandishing well-known far right numerology," including the numbers 88 the eighth letter of the alphabet signifying "HH," as in "Heil Hitler."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-neo-nazi-question-in_b_4938747