New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Defends Scrapping Executive Orders Eric Adams Issued | EUROtoday

NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) – New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his revocation of govt orders that his predecessor Eric Adams issued after being indicted in 2024 on federal prices of accepting unlawful marketing campaign contributions.

The dozen orders Adams issued since his indictment included a directive to permit federal brokers, together with immigration officers, to make use of an workplace on Rikers Island, town’s most important jail. That order was later struck down by a courtroom.

The new mayor additionally struck down govt orders that Adams had portrayed as addressing antisemitism. Mamdani, a Muslim who some have accused of antisemitism over his assist of Palestinians in Gaza, informed reporters on Friday that he would fund measures to forestall hate crimes, and would make safety of Jewish New Yorkers a spotlight of his administration.

Mamdani recalled September 26, 2024, the day when Adams was charged with accepting unlawful marketing campaign contributions and luxurious journey from Turkish nationals looking for to affect him, as “a moment when many New Yorkers lost even more faith in New York City politics and the ability of city government to actually prioritize the needs of the public, as opposed to the needs of the person.”

In April, a U.S. decide dismissed the fees in opposition to Adams, a Democrat, on the request of the U.S. Justice Department, which had argued that the case was distracting the mayor from serving to Republican President Donald Trump step up deportations.

Mamdani, from the left wing of the Democratic Party, has clashed with Trump over the immigration crackdown.

On Thursday, Mamdani revoked orders by Adams that had prevented metropolis establishments from divesting from Israel and that outlined antisemitism in a means acknowledged by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, an intergovernmental group of 35 nations that promotes Holocaust training.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is amongst teams that argue the IHRA definition has been used to attempt to silence advocates for Palestinian rights.

While Islamic organizations praised Mamdani’s strikes, Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted on X on Friday that Mamdani “shows his true face: He scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel. This isn’t leadership. It’s antisemitic gasoline on an open fire.”

(Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; modifying by Donna Bryson and David Gregorio)