Overview

• Footage from Friday shows a protester trailing Mamdani in Manhattan’s Foley Square, calling him an “antisemite” and demanding he denounce Hezbollah and Sharia law.
• Security guided Mamdani to a waiting SUV as a brief shoving incident between the protester and a staffer was captured on video.
• Mamdani had been at the square to voice support for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is facing mortgage fraud charges.
• His recent Oct. 7 statement mourning Israeli victims and condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocidal war” prompted a public denunciation from Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
• Coverage notes his past reluctance to fully repudiate slogans such as “globalize the intifada,” and some reports revisit scrutiny of his fundraising and donors.