“The trouble started when Tynan, 49, bumped into a real estate agent showing an apartment in his East Side apartment building to a doctor from NYU Medical Center.
The agent told Tynan, “Don’t worry, they are not Red Sox fans,” according to apartment-hunter Gabrielle Gold-von Simson. “I don’t care about that, as long as they are not Jewish,” was Tynan’s reply.”
That's not what I read in the AP article.
Unfortunate to see someone crucified for an off-hand remark, possibly out of context... but it’s hard to imagine why he would say such a thing unless he really does have some problem with Jews. Considering the Jewish population in the NYC area, it’s understandable that the Yankees choose not to be associated with him.
(Incidentally, I never was fond of his “God Bless America.” Too melodramatic and too much about him - the equivalent of the R&B singers who mangle the national anthem.)