Communist Mamdani goes after Jews on his first day in office

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized for scrapping pro-Israel city policies on first day in office

On his very first day in office, Mayor Zohran Mamdani tossed out key policies supporting Israel and combating antisemitism, igniting a firestorm of backlash, as the New York Post reports.

On Jan. 1, after being sworn in as the 112th mayor of New York City, Mamdani revoked executive orders from former Mayor Eric Adams, including those defining antisemitism and barring boycotts of Israel, while drawing sharp criticism from Jewish groups, Israel’s government, the Department of Justice, and prominent Republicans.

For Jewish New Yorkers, this hits hard with a tangible risk: reduced legal protections under the city’s human rights law, leaving them more exposed to harassment or discrimination without clear guidelines like the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition to shield them.

Among the scrapped orders was one adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which flags demonizing Israel as a form of bias, and another preventing city officials from boycotting or divesting from Israel, signed by Adams in December.

Mamdani also tweaked Executive Order 61, a December directive for the NYPD to ramp up protection of religious sites from protester harassment, though details on these changes remain murky as of Friday.

Adding fuel to the controversy, past social media posts about fighting antisemitism vanished from the official mayoral X account.

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