{"id":296072,"date":"2025-10-12T01:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T01:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/296072\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T01:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T01:32:10","slug":"pro-palestinian-radicals-causing-chaos-should-be-a-wake-up-call-to-not-elect-mamdani-for-nyc-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/296072\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian radicals causing chaos should be a wake-up call to not elect Mamdani for NYC Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around 6 p.m. Tuesday, I witnessed pro-Palestinian radicals descend upon Midtown Manhattan<\/a> to commemorate one of the darkest days in recent history: The Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of innocent Israelis by Hamas terrorists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was such a disgusting spectacle on so many levels: masked thugs parading up Sixth Avenue, chanting the antisemitic slogan \u201cFrom the river to the sea\u201d and \u201cIsrael does not exist,\u201d terrorizing people as they left work. <\/p>\n

Hundreds of protesters literally stopped traffic in the middle of rush hour so we could hear their warped version of history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The demo should provide a wake-up call to the city\u2019s political class including its business leaders ahead of next month\u2019s mayoral election, which is set to bring even more appalling behavior. <\/p>\n

The fact that they remain largely asleep makes the situation New Yorkers face all the more horrifying.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It must be noted that the protest necessitated a large police presence that diligently prevented an all-out riot given the volatile nature of the crowd. <\/p>\n

\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharles Gasparino<\/p>\n

That night, I was scheduled to attend a concert at Carnegie Hall. <\/p>\n

As I made my way uptown, dodging a series of near brawls between various factions of protesters, I struck up a conversation with a police officer and asked a question all New Yorkers should be asking themselves: \u201cHow is any of this legal?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

City Hall is currently occupied by an ex-cop named Eric Adams<\/a>, though not for much longer. <\/p>\n

He just dropped out of the upcoming mayoral race because his manifold ethical lapses made him unelect\u00adable even if he\u2019s done a decent job reducing crime. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I say \u201cdecent\u201d because the quality of life in this city remains abysmal; the subways remain unsafe; and homelessness \u00adrages on our streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reason the cops allowed that disgustingly nihilistic Oct. 7 protest stems from Adams\u2019 crazy interpretation of the state constitution\u2019s guarantees for the right of assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the Giuliani years, you needed a permit and were relegated to designated areas. <\/p>\n

When the leftist Bill de Blasio<\/a> became mayor, the First Amendment and the state constitution\u2019s speech protections meant anything goes, even if it means chanting \u201cFrom the river to the sea\u201d on Sixth \u00adAvenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Grim outlook\u00a0<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s only going to get worse, which is something our city\u2019s leadership class needs to understand \u2014 and fast. <\/p>\n

Along with his ethical woes, Adams quit the campaign to consolidate support around a more moderate candidate for mayor and prevent the \u00adIsrael-hating, avowed Marxist Zohran Mamdani<\/a> from occupying City Hall after the Nov. 4 ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This week, Adams will likely \u00adendorse for mayor his fellow \u201cmoderate,\u201d former Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, though it will likely make almost no impact \u2014 and not just because Cuomo brings his own baggage. <\/p>\n

The race is a three-way competition with the beret-wearing Guardian Angels founder, \u00adRepublican Curtis Sliwa<\/a>, sucking up around 15% of the vote, according to the latest polling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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That leaves Mamdani comfortably ahead in this increasingly leftist Democratic city, polling at 46% to Cuomo\u2019s 33%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You would think that with less than a month before Election Day, Cuomo and Sliwa would come out swinging against the kooky communist frontrunner. <\/p>\n

They do throw some jabs at him, but their attacks feel strangely muted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Where is their five-point plan to revive the economy while showing how a leftist like Mamdani will destroy what business is left through high taxes and defunding the police?\u00a0<\/p>\n

And why didn\u2019t either come out and say that NYC\u2019s latest death-cult protest \u2014 something an anti-Zionist like Mamdani undoubtedly celebrated \u2014 would never happen under their watch?\u00a0<\/p>\n

And where is the business community and its chief organizer, Kathy Wylde<\/a> of the Partnership for New York City, screaming \u201cEnough!\u201d <\/p>\n

They should be prodding Cuomo and Sliwa to get on the ball because of all that\u2019s at stake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This city has a long history of ethnic parades, of course. <\/p>\n

They\u2019re organized around pride like the one on Monday celebrating the great, though much maligned, explorer Christopher \u00adColumbus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This was different. <\/p>\n

Why are the cops allowing thugs to upend all forms of civility while they violently cheer wanton rape and murder?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to have to ask the city about that,\u201d the cop responded before we shook hands and parted ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Far left vision\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mamdani, of course, hasn\u2019t been muted about his vision: business-destroying taxes, leftist views on policing and the rest. <\/p>\n

But at least he\u2019s willing to fight for what he believes in and, barring something unforeseen, he\u2019s going to be our next mayor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I managed to make my event at Carnegie Hall, a grand venue that speaks volumes about our great city, the wealth it created and the wealth creators who give back by funding the arts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, I couldn\u2019t help but think while mingling with all those bankers and lawyers in attendance \u2014 no doubt, all members of the Partnership for New York City \u2014 how little they understand what\u2019s about to happen to Gotham \u2014 and their responsibility for allowing it to occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 6 p.m. Tuesday, I witnessed pro-Palestinian radicals descend upon Midtown Manhattan to commemorate one of the darkest…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":296073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5297,64,13239,5340,5289,4526,4527,99,373,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5341,4851,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-296072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-andrew-cuomo","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-city-hall","12":"tag-curtis-sliwa","13":"tag-eric-adams","14":"tag-gaza-strip","15":"tag-hamas","16":"tag-israel","17":"tag-israel-hamas-war","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-city","20":"tag-newyork","21":"tag-newyorkcity","22":"tag-ny","23":"tag-nyc","24":"tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","25":"tag-palestine","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-united-states-of-america","28":"tag-unitedstates","29":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","30":"tag-us","31":"tag-usa","32":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115358619685304913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}