Overview
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said chants supporting a terrorist organization have no place in the city after footage from a Queens protest drew criticism.
- The demonstration in Kew Gardens Hills, organized by the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation, featured chants of “we support Hamas here.”
- Counterprotesters shouted slurs, including “death to Palestine,” and issued threats, with some waving flags backing President Trump, according to The New York Times.
- Mamdani said his team is in close touch with the NYPD and pledged to ensure safe access to houses of worship alongside the constitutional right to protest.
- Video posted by an Israeli journalist spread widely and prompted condemnations from Governor Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.