Mayor Adams Blocks NYC from Supporting Anti-Israel Boycotts as Mamdani Tensions Boil

Outgoing NYC Mayor Eric Adams isn’t going quietly. With just weeks left in office, Adams signed two executive orders Wednesday aimed at cracking down on antisemitism and preventing the city from supporting the radical anti-Israel BDS movement a direct challenge to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a vocal supporter of the boycott campaign against America’s closest ally in the Middle East.

Speaking at the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in New Orleans, Adams defended the move as a proactive step to protect Jewish New Yorkers and maintain strong ties with Israel.

“We recognize the benefit of maintaining a strong relationship between the city of New York and the state of Israel,” Adams said, vowing to ensure “our city government doesn’t participate in” antisemitic behavior.

The orders include:

• Barring city procurement or pension investment decisions that discriminate against Israel a clear rebuke to BDS ideology.

• Mandating increased NYPD enforcement to protect synagogues and religious communities from rising harassment.

The move comes on the heels of violent, pro-Hamas protests in NYC, where mobs outside a synagogue chanted “globalize the intifada” and “death to the IDF.” Adams said these actions crossed a line, and taxpayer dollars should never fund movements rooted in hate.

This last-minute push to defend Jewish New Yorkers sets the stage for a political collision between Adams and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who has publicly backed the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to economically isolate Israel under the pretense of “international law compliance.”

In a November interview on MSNBC, Mamdani defended his BDS stance, saying:

“I’ve said, I support BDS because this is a movement that is looking for that kind of compliance. We haven’t seen it.”

Pressed on whether BDS would be the policy of his administration, Mamdani didn’t flinch:

“I would support and have supported non-violent movements to bring about compliance with international law.”

He’s planning to bring BDS into City Hall.

Even more alarming, Mamdani tried to reassure the public that he would be a mayor “for all Jewish New Yorkers” after aligning himself with a movement that openly calls for Israel’s destruction and celebrates terrorism as “resistance.”

Adams, who has been unafraid to call out antisemitism from the far-left, previously warned Jewish New Yorkers about Mamdani’s rise, saying bluntly after his election win: “Everything is not fine.”

And he’s right to be concerned.

• NYC registered $32 billion in outside vendor contracts in fiscal year 2024.

• The city also oversees five massive pension systems, investing nearly $300 billion globally, including over $300 million in Israeli assets.

The BDS movement isn’t just ideological it’s economic sabotage dressed up in “justice” rhetoric. And under Mamdani, those investments could be put at risk.

As Adams made clear on X following his speech: “We cannot stand by as antisemitism or any other form of hate spreads. We must loudly defend the Jewish people.”

His actions send a powerful message. New York City will not be hijacked by extremists under the guise of “activism.”

But the question now becomes will Mamdani reverse these protections on Day One?

The city’s Jewish community and millions of freedom-loving Americans will be watching.

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