Mamdani's first act: revoking Eric Adams' executive orders, including on Israel, antisemitism and BDS [View all]

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With weeks to go before Zohran Mamdani would replace him as mayor of New York City, Eric Adams issued an executive order barring city officials from taking action against Israel or entities associated with it.

The order, issued Dec. 5, represented a gauntlet by the avowedly pro-Israel mayor for Mamdani, who opposes Israel. Most recent New York City mayors have extended their predecessors’ executive orders, at least temporarily. Would Mamdani prioritize city tradition or his stance on Israel?

In his first hours in office on Thursday, Mamdani offered an answer. He revoked all of the executive orders Adams issued after Adams’ September 2024 indictment on federal corruption charges that were later dropped on the Trump administration’s demand.

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Included in the revocation were the ban on Israel boycotts, or BDS; the city’s adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which critics say inappropriately treats some forms of Israel criticism as antisemitic; and a requirement that the police chief “evaluate” rules about protests outside houses of worship that Adams issued last month after an anti-Israel rally at a Manhattan synagogue.

JTA

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