Overview

• After attending Rosh Hashanah services at Brooklyn’s Kolot Chayeinu with Comptroller Brad Lander, Mamdani highlighted engagement with progressive Jewish spaces.
• B’nai Jeshurun on the Upper West Side told congregants that Mamdani would not join Yom Kippur services, saying the holy day is not a time for political campaigning.
• In a new interview, Mamdani rejected the Anti-Defamation League and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt as speaking for most New York Jews and said he would not meet under the conditions they set.
• Mamdani appeared to retreat from an earlier vow to seek Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest, saying he would operate within the bounds of the law while maintaining sharp criticism of the Israeli leader.
• He said private meetings with rabbis included pledges to expand police protection and invest in hate‑crime prevention, even as polls show 58% of Jewish voters think he would make the city less safe for Jews and 75% view him unfavorably, with Andrew Cuomo leading him among those voters.