That didn\u2019t take long.<\/p>\n
Newly minted\u00a0Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>\u00a0was accused by Israel of pouring\u00a0 \u201cantisemitic gasoline on an open fire\u201d Friday after spending his\u00a0first day in office revoking or reworking city policies<\/a>\u00a0supporting the Jewish state and combating\u00a0hatred against Jews.<\/p>\n The day one move to\u00a0revoke Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 executive orders<\/a>\u00a0quickly drew outrage from many advocacy groups, prominent New York Republicans and even the Department of Justice concerned that Mamdani rolled back protections for Jewish New Yorkers in the process.<\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani and his wife at his inauguration on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n \u201cOn his very first day as New York City Mayor Mamdani shows his true face: He scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel,\u201d Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry seethed in a post.<\/p>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t leadership. It\u2019s antisemitic gasoline on an open fire.\u201d<\/p>\n The fears were compounded when past posts about fighting antisemitism were\u00a0scrubbed from the Big Apple\u2019s official mayoral X account<\/a>,\u00a0prompting an ominous response by Jarmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights in the DOJ.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will be extremely vigilant @CivilRights as to ANY AND ALL violations of religious liberties in NYC,\u201d Dhillon posted on X.<\/p>\n NYC Mayor Eric Adams at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, on Nov. 16, 2025. AP<\/p>\n Eric Adams visits Park East Synagogue after the synagogue was targeted by anti-Israel protesters on November 19, 2025, in New York. X\/@NYCMayor<\/p>\n \u201cWe will investigate, sue, and indict as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n Mamdani effectively brushed off the brewing backlash<\/a>, unapologetically standing by his decision to wipe out all orders issued by Adams after the now-former mayor was\u00a0hit with federal corruption charges\u00a0in September 2024.<\/p>\n He argued revoking Adams\u2019 executive orders gave his administration a \u201cclean slate\u201d \u2013 and insisted in a long-winded response that the city under his watch will aggressively fight hate and \u201cprotect Jewish New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n The Post\u2019s latest on NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s inauguration day celebration:<\/p>\n \u201cMy administration will also be marked by a city government that will be relentless in its efforts to combat hate and division, and we will showcase that by fighting hate across the city, and that includes fighting the scourge of antisemitism by actually funding hate crime prevention, by celebrating our neighbors, and by practicing a politics of universality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Sen. Bernie Sanders with Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, on Jan. 1, 2026. Janet Mayer\/INSTARimages.com<\/p>\n US Senator Bernie Sanders swears in New York mayor Zohran Mamdani as his wife Rama Duwaji holds the Koran during his public inauguration ceremony, followed by a block party at City Hall in New York on January 1, 2026. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n