A Jewish civil rights group is demanding solutions from freshly minted Mayor Zohran Mamdani after previous posts about combating antisemitism had been scrubbed from the Large Apple’s official mayoral X account — elevating critical authorized issues.
The Democratic socialist — the primary Muslim to steer Metropolis Corridor — has been accused of deleting two Eric Adams-era posts highlighting town’s struggle in opposition to antisemitism that had been shared hours earlier than Mamdani was sworn in and took management of the account Thursday, in response to the Nationwide Jewish Advocacy Heart.
“It’s tough to overstate how disturbing it’s that one in all your very first acts as Mayor of New York Metropolis, in your very first day in workplace, was to delete official @NYCMayor tweets addressing the safety of Jewish New Yorkers,” the group mentioned in a letter addressed to Mamdani.
“At a second of unprecedented antisemitic intimidation, violence, and exclusion within the Metropolis the choice to erase official statements affirming the security and safety of Jews will not be merely tone-deaf, it’s shameful. It sends a message, whether or not meant or not, that Jewish New Yorkers are uniquely underserving of continuity, readability, or reassurance from their very own authorities.”
The fiery letter was additionally despatched to town’s Division of Investigation and the Conflicts of Curiosity Board, in response to Nationwide Jewish Advocacy Heart Director Mark Goldfeder.
Purging posts from the NYC Mayor X account with out first archiving them might violate town’s constitution, as all social media posts are thought of public file.
“Even when they had been archived, the selection to delete statements particularly addressing Jewish security on Day One invitations scrutiny and erodes public belief,” the letter warned.
“New York Metropolis’s mayoralty is an establishment, not a social-media account to be curated for comfort or optics. The file issues, the legislation issues, and the security and dignity of Jewish New Yorker’s most actually matter.”
In his remaining act as mayor, Adams shared three consecutive posts Wednesday morning touting town’s “first-ever municipal report” on preventing antisemitism, calling it a “blueprint for 2026.”
However the subsequent day, when Mamdani assumed workplace, two posts throughout the thread had been gone, leaving simply the ultimate one, with notices above studying, “This Put up was deleted by the Put up writer.”
A Mamdani spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to The Put up’s request for remark.
The far-left pol has confronted ongoing criticism for his Israel bashing and assist of Palestine.
Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has repeatedly refused to acknowledge Israel’s proper to exist as a Jewish state and vowed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a warfare felony if he ever units foot within the Large Apple.
Whereas a portion of his transition staff have ties to radical anti-Zionist teams, Mamdani has labored to earn assist from extra of New York’s Jewish group since getting elected, together with showing in a current Hanukkah video with actor Mandy Patinkin.
Hours after taking workplace, Mamdani additionally signed an government order that worn out a lot of the orders issued by Adams following his historic September 2024 federal indictment, that was later dismissed.
Whereas the 34-year-old vowed to reissue sure Adams-era orders from that time frame, together with one that might preserve the Workplace to Fight Antisemitism, the advocacy group slammed him for scrapping a decree that adopted the Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism.
“Your first days in workplace will outline your administration,” the Nationwide Jewish Advocacy Heart concluded their scathing letter.
“This isn’t how that definition ought to start.”
