In one of his first acts in office on Thursday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked the city’s implementation of an antisemitism definition that includes some forms of Israel criticism, in a sweeping rejection of his predecessor’s executive orders.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York canceled executive orders issued by his predecessor that had barred city agencies from boycotting Israel and defined some criticism of Israel as antisemitic.

He also revoked orders by Adams that had prevented city institutions from divesting from Israel. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mr Mamdani has been a strong critic of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians throughout his public life. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested the IHRA antisemitism definition does not protect Jewish New Yorkers amid blowback over his Day 1 directives affecting that community.

He’s only been in office for two days, but New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is already at the center of a political storm after revoking Mayor Adams’ Israel-related executive orders.

Unusually broad alliance of organizations criticizes NY mayor for revoking IHRA antisemitism definition, anti-BDS measure; US Holocaust Museum: Revocation 'should alarm everyone'

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