New York Assemblywoman Amy Paulin said Wednesday she will not participate in the 2019 Women’s March via a post on her Twitter account, citing reports of anti-Semitic statements by some organizers of the march. Paulin attended the Women’s March in Washington in 2017 and the New York City march in 2018.

“In a movement designed to empower ordinary citizens and inspire the better angels of our nature, there can be and must be no room for hate,” Paulin said in her statement. “And although those organizers distanced themselves from the most recent anti-Semitic remarks of a public figure, that person has spent a career saying such hateful things, yet they declined to reject his long history of hateful speech.”

Some of the organizers of the march have been criticized for associations with Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, and for reported anti-Semitic statements in planning meetings. Paulin described these reports as “shocking and unacceptable.” She also condemned support for the BDS Movement among organizers.

The BDS Movement, or the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, is an organization whose self-described goal is “to end international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.”

“With my decision, I mean no disrespect to the many hard-working grassroots volunteers organizing in their communities with only a tenuous connection to the national organization Women’s March Inc.,” Paulin said. “I believe as much as ever in the goals of empowerment, equality and declaring that love must always trump hate.”

Paulin represents the 88th District, which includes much of southern and central Westchester. In her statement, she referenced organizing three buses for constituents to attend marches.

“I have dedicated my public career to fighting for equality,” she said. “But to my mind, you can’t fight against inequality and discrimination for women but support it for Jews.”