A member of the transition team for newly elected Brooklyn Assembly member Mathylde Frontus has found a new villain to blame for NYCHA’s troubles: Jews.
Coney Island advocate Soya Stewart posted the disparaging remarks about the leadership of the New York City Housing Authority earlier this month on Facebook — which later removed them for violating the site’s standards on hate speech.
“Nycha [sic] don’t give a damn it’s run by Jews they just gonna flip there [sic] money and there will be no charges brought up against any of them and all this is all criminal,” Stewart wrote, according to a screenshot of the post provided to The Post.
Stewart wrote a follow-up message expressing surprise that her statement had been flagged.
“Wow this is a comment that is hate speech lol crazy,” she said.
Reached for comment, Democrat Frontus said Stewart is not an active member of her 33-person transition committee, but that her name would be removed from the transition list anyway.
“Her comments were not only shocking, hurtful and inaccurate, they perpetuate harmful racial stereotypes which groups in our society often have about one another,” Frontus said.
“I strongly condemn the comments and would like to clarify [that] although Ms. Stewart’s name was listed as a member of my transition team, she has never attended any meetings . . . and she will play no official role in my office.”
However, social-media postings from Frontus’ campaign Web site show that Frontus has been quite complimentary of Stewart.
“Soya has been an instrumental voice in this campaign. She is an excellent communicator and an advocate for jobs and housing rights,” reads an Aug. 2 posting on Frontus’ Facebook site that featured a photo of the two. “She uses her people skills and passion for Coney Island to engage and empower community members.”
After being contacted by The Post, Stewart said she had made a mistake with the offensive posting and apologized for it.
NYCHA is a public authority operated by a seven-person board appointed by the mayor.
Three of the members are public housing tenants.
Frontus will replace disgraced ex-Assembly member Pam Harris, who was sentenced in October to six months in federal prison for misusing public funds.