‘Antisemitic gasoline on an open fire’: Israel slams Mamdani over revoked orders
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Mamdani signed the orders Thursday afternoon, just hours after the swearing-in ceremony at City Hall. In this decision, he withdrew the directives given by former mayor Eric Adams, according to CNN.
He defended his decision at a news conference Friday, saying many Jewish groups in the city had also expressed concerns about the broader definition of the term.
He also explained that incoming mayors have the option to maintain, withdraw or amend existing executive orders, CNN reported.
“What we’re going to do is actually fulfill our commitment to protecting Jewish New Yorkers in a way that can actually deliver on that,” Mamdani said.
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who rose to prominence with a campaign focused on combating affordability in one of the most expensive cities in the United States, was sworn in as the 112th mayor of New York City early Thursday. Mamdani, 34, is making history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, its first South Asian mayor and the youngest person to hold the post in more than a century.
“This is truly the honor and privilege of a lifetime,” Mamdani said immediately after being sworn in, CNN reported.
Mamdani was sworn in shortly after midnight in a private ceremony attended by her husband, artist Rama Duwaji. His parents, filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani were also there.
The Queens-based former state assemblywoman stunned the political establishment with her victory in last summer’s Democratic primary, running on a platform focused on easing the cost of living burden. His campaign promised universal child care, freezing rents for nearly two million rent-stabilized tenants and making city buses “fast and free,” according to CNN.
