Controversy Surrounds AG Letitia James' Drag Story Hour for Children in NYC

State Attorney General Letitia James’ “Drag Story Hour” drew over 100 protesters from all sides, including City Council security guards, to the event at The Center, an LGBTQA community facility in Greenwich Village. The event had already drawn fire from critics who griped about using tax dollars to have drag performers read stories to children at various Big Apple locations. The events are co-sponsored by the nonprofit Drag Story Hour NYC, which has received more than $200,000 in city contracts since 2018, according to records. The attorney general said the whole point of the event was “to condemn hate and combat rampant disinformation.”