The video has been viewed over a million times and was shared by Mayor Bill De Blasio, who wrote, "There’s no place for hate in this city."
Eli said he felt compelled to share the video of the confrontation as a reminder that the struggle for LGBT rights isn't over.
"[10] Chime for Change is a global campaign founded by Gucci in 2013 to convene, unite and strengthen the voices speaking out for gender equality.
[11] In June 2020, he published his first book, The New Queer Conscience, a part of Penguin Teen's "Pocket Change Collective Series" with Alok Vaid-Menon, Kimberly Drew, and Xiuhtezcatl Martinez.
"[6][15] Eli applies the Jewish principle, “Kol Yisreal arevim zeh bazeh,”[16] meaning, “All Jews are responsible for each other,”[17] to his ideology towards his LGBT+ activism, believing that, “queer people anywhere are responsible for queer people everywhere.”[18] Eli comes from a family of Jewish activists, drawing inspiration from his activist mother who was a part of the Soviet Jewry movement.