Pine Bush Central School District

[2] The school district has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in March 2012 by three families alleging inaction following accusations of antisemitism and the resultant creation of a hostile learning environment.

[4] In an earlier Times article, Philip G. Steinberg, the district's superintendent from 2008 to 2013, who, as well as two other administrators named as defendants, is Jewish, described the lawsuit as a "money grab.

"[4] In the days following the Times' coverage hundreds of people protested against "its portrayal of Pine Bush as a bigoted, biased community.

"[5] The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued a statement in support of the plaintiffs in January 2014.

"[7] On November 4, 2014, Federal District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas, presiding in White Plains, New York, denied a defense motion to dismiss the case brought on behalf of three of the five children included in the complaint.