Today in NYC History: Asser Levy Becomes First Jewish New Yorker To Receive Full Rights (1657)
Our story about Mayor La Guardia pushing back against the federal war on drugs was kind of the “Today in NYC History” post for the day, but reader Carrie Chess sends in a good one that I felt like posting just under the deadline. According to the site Jewish Currents, on April 20, 1657, Asser…
