Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Friday that he will veto one of two bills that the City Council passed last month to create protest buffer zones near sensitive sites in the city as part of an effort to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate.
The mayor formally rejected Intro. 175-B, which would require the NYPD to establish protest buffer zones at educational facilities across the city. Mamdani explained his belief that the legislative language too broadly defined an educational institution and would result in “constitutional concerns … regarding New Yorkers’ fundamental right to protest.”
