20 Of Nyc Mayor Elect Mamdani Transition Appointees Have Anti Zionist

At least 20 percent of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s administrative appointees are connected to groups characterized as anti-Zionist, according to a Monday report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The report found that more than 80 individuals among Mamdani’s 400-plus transition and administrative appointees either have ties to such groups or a "documented history of making anti-Israel statements." The organization said Mamdani’s Transition Committee appointees have been linked to groups including Students for Justice in Palestine, a pro-Palestinian college activism network; Jewish Voice for Peace, an American Jewish anti-Zionist organization; and Within... For example, the ADL said at least four appointees have ties to Louis Farrakhan, the antisemitic leader of the Nation of Islam. One appointee, Jacques Léandre, was cited for reportedly attending a conference at which Farrakhan denounced "the Jews and their power." Adl Chief Warns Nyc Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Poses A 'Clear And Present Danger' To Jewish Community

At least 20% of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition committee members have ties to radical anti-Zionist groups that “openly promote terror and harass Jewish people,” the Anti-Defamation League found in a stinging report Monday. The ADL pinpointed several activists who have downplayed the horrors of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel or were involved in the anti-Israel encampments that sprung up on New York City college campuses last spring. Roughly 80 of the 400 people named to staff Mamdani’s 17 transition committees “have a documented history of making or sharing anti-Zionist or anti-Israel statements,” the report found. A handful were also found to have ties to the Nation of Islam or its antisemitic leader Louis Farrakhan, including Jacques Léandre, a member of the transition’s Committee on Legal Affairs, the ADL said. The revealing report came less than a week after Mamdani’s director of appointments, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, was forced to resign when decade-old antisemitic and anti-police remarks she made on social media resurfaced —...

Among the appointees, Kazi Fouzia called Oct. 7 justified and Mohammed Karim Chowdhury said Zionists are worse than Nazis New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025. A new report by the Anti-Defamation League highlights several members of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team who have used antisemitic tropes and justified Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, among other issues the group flags as “deeply troubling” and that raise further questions about his vetting process. The document, published on Monday, comes days after the ADL uncovered antisemitic comments by a top transition appointee, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, who had denigrated Jews in a series of past social media posts.

Da Costa resigned shortly after the posts were publicized amid backlash from critics. Mamdani said last week that he was unaware of those comments and would hire an outside legal team to assist with the vetting process as he staffs his administration — noting “clear changes that... At least one in five members of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition operation has documented ties to radical anti-Zionist groups that openly promote terror and harass Jewish people, according to a report released Monday by... The ADL’s analysis found that roughly 80 of the more than 400 people appointed to Mamdani’s 17 transition committees have a record of making or sharing anti-Zionist or anti-Israel statements. Many were linked to activist organizations such as Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Within Our Lifetimes — groups the ADL says have fueled aggressive anti-Israel protests across New York... Several of the individuals identified in the report have downplayed or dismissed the atrocities committed by Hamas during its Oct.

7, 2023, attack on Israel, while others were involved in last spring’s anti-Israel encampments on New York City college campuses, which repeatedly drew condemnation for antisemitic rhetoric and harassment. The findings land amid a global surge in antisemitic incidents and come less than a week after Mamdani’s director of appointments, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, resigned following the resurfacing of decade-old social media posts... The ADL said the resignation, combined with the new report, raises serious questions about how thoroughly Mamdani’s transition team vetted appointees. “Many of Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s Transition Committee appointments are inconsistent with his campaign commitments to prioritize the safety of New York’s Jewish community,” the ADL wrote. “The composition of these Transition Committees will directly influence the administration’s policies and approach to Jewish community concerns, and the current appointments raise serious questions as to whether those concerns will be adequately represented... A terrorist killed two and injured two others in a stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel on Friday.

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