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Maya Yang

New York lawmaker calls it ‘sad’ that cafe banned him over his pro-Israel views

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Representative Dan Goldman stands as he monitors federal immigration officers at the US immigration court in New York City on 23 October 2025. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters

Dan Goldman, a Democratic congressman from New York, has said it is “sad” that a Brooklyn coffee shop banned him over his views on Israel – a move that has put the cafe under investigation by the Trump administration’s justice department.

Goldman represents New York’s 10th congressional district and holds pro-Israel views. He made the “sad” remark to CNN after Brooklyn’s Poetica Coffee banned him in a viral, since-deleted social media post after a visit from him on Sunday.

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