"On his first day in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked all of the executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams after his indictment in 2024 - including measures that sought to crack down on pro-Palestine protests and advocacy. In December, Adams signed an order that prohibited city agencies from actions like boycotting or divesting from Israel, which the office labelled as actions that "discriminate against the State of Israel.""
"Mamdani's action on Thursday also revoked an Adams order from June that adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. This definition has been highly criticized for defining criticism of Israel as antisemitism, which advocates for Palestinian rights and civil society groups have said is crafted to quash dissent on pro-Israel policies. However, Mamdani pledged to keep the Office to Combat Antisemitism, which Adams created in May."
On his first day in office, Zohran Mamdani revoked all executive orders issued by Eric Adams after Adams' 2024 indictment, including measures aimed at cracking down on pro-Palestine protests and advocacy. Adams had issued a December order prohibiting city agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel, labeling those actions as discriminatory. Mamdani also rescinded the city's adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which critics say conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism and suppresses dissent on pro-Israel policies. Mamdani pledged to retain the Office to Combat Antisemitism and affirmed commitments to protect and celebrate Jewish New Yorkers. Israel's foreign ministry criticized the revocations as antisemitic, and Muslim voters who supported Mamdani are awaiting policy follow-through.
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