The Issue: Poetica Coffee in Brooklyn refunding and banning Rep. Dan Goldman for his stance on Israel. I read about Rep. Dan Goldman being banned from Poetica Coffee with profound disdain (“Foaming over Israel,” June 23). Is that how it is in New York now? If you support Israel or Jewish causes, don’t shop here? Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) speaks after inspecting Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on May 27, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. Getty Images New York has become an antisemitic cesspool — with Mayor Mamdani as the chief...