ALBANY — Top Republican officials on Friday disbanded the New York State Young Republicans organization, following reports that members in online chats joked about gas chambers and slavery and praised Adolf Hitler.

"Today, the Executive Committee of the New York Republican State Committee unanimously voted to suspend authorization of the New York State Young Republicans following a report of a group chat that included racist and antisemitic language on the part of leadership," state GOP Chairman Ed Cox said in a statement issued after a virtual meeting of party leaders.

"The Young Republicans was already grossly mismanaged, and vile language of the sort made in the group chat has no place in our party or its subsidiary organizations," Cox said.

The action stems from a Politico report wh

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