When faced with a problem, the political class always knows what to do: They pass a law that, while not always useless, is usually more about dealing with appearances than substance.

That’s the best way to understand legislation proposed in the New York state legislature to regulate the protests outside of synagogues, which are the latest manifestation of the surge of antisemitism that has made itself felt across the nation since the Hamas-led Palestinian Arab attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The bill , which seeks to create a 25-foot buffer zone around houses of worship within which protesters may not enter, is the most tangible response yet to what happened last month when raging pro-Hamas demonstrators laid siege to Park East Synagogue on Manhattan’s usually quiet Upp

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