Overview
- Reuters reports the Anti-Defamation League has created a “Mamdani Monitor” with a tip line to track the mayor-elect’s appointments and actions for potential impact on the Jewish community.
- Right-leaning outlets published a leaked NYC-DSA Anti-War Working Group planning document that lists demands such as ending city contracts with firms doing business with Israel and pursuing pension divestment, which has not been verified by City Hall.
- Republicans, including President Donald Trump, are attacking Mamdani and strategists say the GOP will use his election to woo Jewish voters in 2026; Trump called any Jewish voter who supported him a “stupid person.”
- Mamdani, 34, became New York City’s first Muslim and first Asian American mayor after a campaign centered on affordability, which some analysts say could inform Democratic messaging even as ‘democratic socialism’ remains unpopular nationally.
- Post-election, Mamdani condemned antisemitic graffiti at a Brooklyn Jewish day school and addressed supporters at public gatherings where he thanked Allah and spoke about inclusion.