Adams issues orders blocking NYC from boycotting Israel as clash with Mamdani grows

Outgoing New York City New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed 2 enforcement orders Wednesday aimed astatine countering antisemitism and preventing metropolis funds from supporting the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

The New York Post reported that Adams barred metropolis concern oregon pension concern decisions that discriminate against Israel, a determination that could beryllium viewed arsenic a situation to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who supports the BDS movement.

While speaking astatine a league successful New Orleans sponsored by the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, Adams said his medication "recognizes the payment of maintaining a beardown narration betwixt the metropolis of New York and the authorities of Israel," according to The Post.

The 2nd bid issued by the politician would telephone for tighter enforcement from the New York City Police Department to assistance support synagogues and different spiritual worshipers from harassment.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed 2 enforcement orders Wednesday aimed astatine countering antisemitism and preventing metropolis funds from supporting the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The caller orders heighten an ideological clash betwixt Adams and Mamdani, who tin determine whether to scrap the orders aft taking bureau connected Jan. 1.

Mamdani’s squad did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

In an interrogation connected Nov. 4 with MSNBC, Mamdani’s defended his enactment for the (BDS) movement, saying it was a mode to unit Israel to comply with planetary law.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced caller enforcement orders Wednesday that could beryllium viewed arsenic a situation to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

"And I’ve said, I enactment BDS due to the fact that this is simply a question that is looking for that benignant of compliance. We haven’t seen it," helium said.

"Morning Joe" co-host Willie Geist asked Mamdani, "Would BDS beryllium the argumentation of your medication arsenic mayor?"

"I’ve said that I would enactment and person supported non-violent movements to bring astir compliance with planetary law," Mamdani replied. "And wherever this politician [Eric Adams] has violated and looked to interruption that benignant of law, I would bring america backmost into compliance."

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New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani (L) and New York City Mayor Eric Adams be the yearly 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony connected September 11, 2025 successful New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani added during the interrogation that helium would beryllium the politician for each Jewish New Yorkers.

According to The Post, New York City registered implicit $32 cardinal successful procurement contracts with extracurricular vendors successful the 2024 fiscal year, and maintains 5 pension systems that enactment implicit 750,000 employees, retirees and beneficiaries. They besides put astir $300 cardinal successful securities successful the planetary marketplace, including implicit $300 cardinal successful Israeli assets. 

The brace of enforcement orders came a week aft protesters chanted "globalize the intifada" and "death to the IDF" extracurricular a New York City synagogue, according to The Post.

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There were reportedly thousands of radical astatine the "Stand with Gaza" protestation astatine Bryant Park successful New York connected August 16, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images)

Adams said his medication was "ensuring our metropolis authorities doesn’t enactment successful that benignant of behaviour and are putting successful safeguards that support New Yorkers’ taxation dollars and support their close to signifier their religion without harassment."

Following Wednesday’s conference, the politician posted connected X that helium "discussed and shared however we’re governing done the rising tide of hate, fear, and misinformation successful our cities truthful we tin amended support ALL communities."

Adams asserted that "we cannot basal by arsenic antisemitism oregon immoderate different signifier of hatred spreads."

"We indispensable loudly support the Jewish people," helium added.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams barred metropolis concern oregon pension concern decisions that discriminate against Israel, a determination that could beryllium viewed arsenic a situation to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who supports BDS movement. (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)

Adams has antecedently warned Jewish New Yorkers astir their information aft Mamdani won the election, stating during a fireside chat astatine a Combat Antisemitism Movement lawsuit successful Tel Aviv last period that "everything is not fine."

Fox News Digital’s Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.