{"id":428664,"date":"2025-12-06T11:16:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428664\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:16:56","slug":"mamdani-could-revoke-adams-order-aimed-at-stopping-boycott-or-divestment-from-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428664\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani could revoke Adams’ order aimed at stopping boycott or divestment from Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday did not rule out revoking an executive order<\/a> issued by outgoing Mayor Eric Adams that threatens city government employees with disciplinary action if they take any official actions that \u201cdiscriminate\u201d against Israel or its citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayor is free to issue as many executive orders as he\u2019d like with the less than 30 days that he has in office, and then we will be taking a look at every single one once we actually enter into City Hall,\u201d Mamdani said at a press conference in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have many a critique about the decisions and the polices of the current mayor\u2019s administration, and I know that he has this next month to issue such additional executive orders,\u201d Mamdani continued. \u201cI look forward to reviewing each and every one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The order, issued by Adams late Wednesday while he was on a taxpayer-funded trip to New Orleans, prohibits<\/a> city agency heads or other employees with contracting authority from taking any procurement or policy action that \u201cdiscriminates against the State of Israel, Israeli citizens based on their national origin, or individuals or entities based on their association with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The order also similarly directed the mayor\u2019s appointees on the city government\u2019s public pension funds to not take any actions \u201cdiscriminating against the State of Israel, Israeli citizens based on their national origin, or individuals or entities based on their association with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking at an unrelated press conference on Staten Island Thursday morning, Adams said his order is explicitly about pushing back against Boycott, Divest and Sanction<\/a>, an international movement that has gained increased attention amid Israel\u2019s war in Gaza calling for governments around the world to pull investments out of Israel.<\/p>\n

\"EricMayor Eric Adams (Barry Williams\/New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Mamdani, who\u2019s set to become the city\u2019s first Muslim mayor, has long been a supporter of the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement. He hasn\u2019t said he will seek to direct the city government to take any BDS-related actions once he\u2019s mayor, though.<\/p>\n

Once he\u2019s sworn in Jan. 1, Mamdani can immediately rescind Adams\u2019 order.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s public pension funds hold hundreds of millions of dollars in investments in Israeli government bonds and companies based in the country, including Elbit Systems<\/a>, a defense contractor that supplies Israel\u2019s military with weapons. It was not immediately clear how many contracts the city government\u2019s various agencies hold, if any, with Israeli government entities or companies, but Adams said divestment is the wrong move for New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think people realize the innovation that\u2019s coming out of Israel how it\u2019s helping the mother in Brownsville, the technology that Israel is creating is improving the life of a person who\u2019s dealing with an ailment in the Bronx,\u201d said Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael is a friend of America and New York City,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Adams, who dropped his reelection bid earlier this year amid fallout from his federal corruption indictment, issued the order as he\u2019s actively trying to line up a post-City Hall job. According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, he has been eyeing a job with an Israeli construction company, among other options, including a potential U.S. ambassadorship, for which he would need to be appointed by President Trump.<\/p>\n

On top of the BDS-related action, Adams signed a separate executive order that directed the NYPD to look into whether to modify the department\u2019s policing of protests near houses of worship. That order specifically directs NYPD officials to look into whether protest-free \u201czones\u201d can be established outside houses of worship.<\/p>\n

That action comes after Adams criticized his NYPD leadership for what he saw as insufficient policing of a pro-Palestine protest outside Manhattan\u2019s Park East Synagogue last month.<\/p>\n

Adams has taken a number of other actions recently that appear aimed at stymying Mamdani\u2019s incoming administration. That includes his push to appoint new members to the Rent Guidelines Board<\/a> in an effort to block Mamdani\u2019s pledge to enact a rent freeze for the city\u2019s 2 million stabilized tenants.<\/p>\n

Still, at his Staten Island appearance, Adams insisted he\u2019s \u201cnot trying to overshadow\u201d Mamdani. \u201cI am trying to get out of the way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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