"Mamdani signed an executive order on Jan. 1 that repealed every executive order former Mayor Adams signed between Sept. 26, 2024 the date Adams was indicted on federal campaign fraud charges that were later dropped and Dec. 31, 2025. Among those revoked orders were a ban on city officials boycotting, divesting or sanctioning Israel (something which Mamdani had previously supported), directions for the NYPD to examine ways to keep protesters away from houses of worship (issued weeks after an Upper East Side synagogue demonstration), and the city's adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which some have said can treat criticism of the Israeli government's actions as antisemitic."
"At the same time, Mamdani indicated he protected other orders that former Mayor Adams had signed prior to Sept. 26, 2024 including one that established the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism. Mamdani has said he would have zero tolerance for antisemitism and would work to protect all New Yorkers a promise he repeated when pressed at a Brooklyn press conference Friday about the repeal of the other Adams' orders. The new mayor said the executive order was intended to give his administration a clean slate while reaffirming a commitment to combat hate, including antisemitism, through funding hate crime prevention, community engagement and what he described as a politics of universality."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked every executive order that former Mayor Eric Adams signed between Sept. 26, 2024 and Dec. 31, 2025, a period beginning when Adams was indicted on federal campaign fraud charges that were later dropped. Revoked directives included a ban on city officials boycotting, divesting or sanctioning Israel, NYPD guidance on keeping protesters away from houses of worship, and the city's adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Mamdani preserved orders signed before Sept. 26, 2024, including creation of the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism, and pledged zero tolerance for antisemitism while funding prevention and community engagement.
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