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In a brazen assault on Jewish safety and Israel's legitimacy, newly sworn-in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist and fierce anti-Israel activist, wasted no time on his very first day in office to revoke key executive orders that protected Jews from surging antisemitism and barred city agencies from supporting the hateful Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Jewish state.
Mamdani's Day 1 directives rescinded former Mayor Eric Adams' adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, the gold standard used worldwide to identify and combat Jew-hatred, including modern forms that demonize Israel.
He also lifted the city's prohibition on boycotting or divesting from Israel, effectively green-lighting BDS efforts to isolate and delegitimize the world's only Jewish nation.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sounded the alarm, declaring: "We are deeply troubled that, on his first day in office, Mayor Mamdani weakened protections to fight antisemitism."
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sounded the alarm, declaring: "We are deeply troubled that, on his first day in office, Mayor Mamdani weakened protections to fight antisemitism."
In a joint statement with other pro-Jewish organizations, the ADL warned: "Revoking these executive orders removes key tools for addressing antisemitism, including BDS-driven efforts that seek to demonize, delegitimize and isolate the world’s only Jewish state."
Facing immediate backlash from the Jewish community and civil rights groups, Mamdani arrogantly dismissed concerns about the IHRA definition, claiming it doesn't truly protect Jews while ignoring warnings from leading Jewish organizations.
"When we speak about the IHRA definition that you asked about, you know, protecting Jewish New Yorkers is going to be a focus of my administration, and I also know that a number, as you said, of leading Jewish organizations, have immense concerns around this definition," Mamdani said Friday in Brooklyn.
"What we will do is actually deliver on our commitment to protect Jewish New Yorkers in a manner that is able to actually fulfill that," he added.
Deflecting questions about the suspicious timing, signing these revocations mere hours after taking office, Mamdani evaded direct answers, instead justifying his sweeping purge of Adams-era orders.
"As the new mayor of a city, you have to sign a continuation of all prior executive orders or a revocation or an amendment of all of them. And, so, what we did was sign an executive order that continued every executive order that predated the moment when our former mayor was indicted, a moment when many New Yorkers lost even more faith in New York City politics and the ability of city government to actually prioritize the needs of the public," Mamdani responded. "And what we will now do is showcase that new era to protect each and every New Yorker and to deliver for those same New Yorkers in a manner that they have not seen under prior administrations."
Facing immediate backlash from the Jewish community and civil rights groups, Mamdani arrogantly dismissed concerns about the IHRA definition, claiming it doesn't truly protect Jews while ignoring warnings from leading Jewish organizations.
"When we speak about the IHRA definition that you asked about, you know, protecting Jewish New Yorkers is going to be a focus of my administration, and I also know that a number, as you said, of leading Jewish organizations, have immense concerns around this definition," Mamdani said Friday in Brooklyn.
"What we will do is actually deliver on our commitment to protect Jewish New Yorkers in a manner that is able to actually fulfill that," he added.
Deflecting questions about the suspicious timing, signing these revocations mere hours after taking office, Mamdani evaded direct answers, instead justifying his sweeping purge of Adams-era orders.
"As the new mayor of a city, you have to sign a continuation of all prior executive orders or a revocation or an amendment of all of them. And, so, what we did was sign an executive order that continued every executive order that predated the moment when our former mayor was indicted, a moment when many New Yorkers lost even more faith in New York City politics and the ability of city government to actually prioritize the needs of the public," Mamdani responded. "And what we will now do is showcase that new era to protect each and every New Yorker and to deliver for those same New Yorkers in a manner that they have not seen under prior administrations."
This outrageous move comes from a mayor with a long record of hostility toward Israel, now empowered to endanger New York's large Jewish community amid record-high antisemitic incidents. While Mamdani claims he'll "protect Jewish New Yorkers," his actions speak louder: siding with BDS radicals and scrapping proven tools against hate.
New Yorkers, especially Jews, deserve better than this dangerous capitulation to anti-Israel extremism and socialism on Day One. The fight against this betrayal has only begun.
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New Yorkers, especially Jews, deserve better than this dangerous capitulation to anti-Israel extremism and socialism on Day One. The fight against this betrayal has only begun.
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