{"id":503082,"date":"2026-01-09T05:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503082\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:57:12","slug":"listen-it-is-right-to-hope-were-going-to-show-them-that-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503082\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: \u2018It Is Right To Hope? We’re Going To Show Them That It Is.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back in March of 2025, when Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani was at 1% in the Democratic primary polls, he promised THE CITY\u2019s FAQ NYC his very first sit-down interview as mayor<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Mamdani made good on that promise joining, talking hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel in City Hall\u2019s Blue Room for a wide-ranging conversation.<\/p>\n

He talked about what would happen if an ICE agent here committed a murder like the one he said took place on Wednesday in Minneapolis:<\/p>\n

If you violate the law, then you have to be held to account. And there\u2019s no amount of mischaracterizations of what we all saw happen in Minneapolis that can tell us to believe anything other than our own eyes. And\u00a0 the horror of what we saw is not just in that murder. It\u2019s also knowing that this is just a glimpse into what has been a year of cruelty. <\/p>\n

And Mamdani responded to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem\u2019s appearance in New York this morning<\/a>, where she said the new mayor and the NYPD \u201chave not been productive\u201d partners:<\/p>\n

What I want my NYPD to do, and what I would also say my entirety of city government to do, is to follow the law. And the law here in New York City includes our sanctuary city policies. Going beyond NYPD, this extends to New Yorkers knowing that ICE agents don\u2019t have the right to enter into a school unless they put forward a judicial warrant signed by a judge. It extends to any city property, in addition to properties that are owned or operated by city contractors. And for a long time, City Hall was not clear about the rights that New Yorkers had in those instances. And I\u2019m unsurprised to hear that this would be described as being unproductive when, in fact, it is just being clear about the fact that we do not want our city government, our city officials, public servants, to be operating in violation to these laws.<\/p>\n

The interview closed with the new mayor\u2019s message to the significant majority of Jewish New Yorkers who polls show have been largely unconvinced so far by Mamdani\u2019s messaging:\u00a0<\/p>\n

For many New Yorkers, including many Jewish New Yorkers, rhetoric rings hollow when they hear it from politicians. And what\u2019s so exciting to me is that I now say these things as the mayor, which means I can also do these things. You know, we were sitting at this exact table when we spoke about the Williamsburg Bridge bump, and I was sitting here, and I was saying, \u2018Well, this is something I\u2019ve been asked about, how quickly could we do it?\u2019 And my Deputy Mayor for Operation said we could do it tomorrow. So we did it tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And to me, that also comes back to the heart of \u2014 when you talk about \\taking on the scourge of antisemitism across the five boroughs of New York City. I\u2019ve talked about adding additional investments to hate crime prevention programs. Now, as the mayor, I can do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And that is something that I think many are waiting for \u2014 to see, is it right to believe? Is it right to hope? And we\u2019re going to show them that it is.<\/p>\n

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