Just hours after an inauguration where he called for unity among New Yorkers, Mayor Zohran Mamdani took executive action by repealing orders that former Mayor Eric Adams signed related to Israel and antisemitism.
That only rekindled anxiety and mistrust among many Jewish New Yorkers already concerned that the new mayor, whose support of pro-Palestinian causes and previous refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, would protect them in a time of heightened antisemitism across the city and world.
