Meet the Man Claiming a Tax To Fund Land Preservation "Targets Jews"

Today, we take a look at Joseph "Yossi" Gestener, frequent supporter of white supremacists and spreader of myths concerning anti-semitism, COVID-19, and January 6th.

Yesterday, we talked about how State Senator James Skoufis helped kill the Orange County Community Preservation act. In short, Senator Skoufis took huge financial contributions from people connected to the Real Estate industry. Then, he repeated almost word for word the language of the New york State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) when sharing his concerns about the bill to The Times Herald Record.

Today, we’re going to take a closer look at a frequent commentator about the Orange County Community Preservation act: Yossi Gestener, co-founder of the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC).

Joseph Gestener, is listed as the Executive Director and Trustee on the organization’s 2021 Form 990. Yossi Gestener is no where to be found on these forms. Whether or not Joseph and Yossi are the same person is unknown at this time.

I have previously reached out to Mr. Yossi Gestener for comment, even citing Bava Metzia 4:10 from the Talmud —which prohibits fraud (and lying) in business deal…