Divided Jewish Leaders React With Warnings And Hope As New York Elects

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City said Wednesday that “the hard work of improving New Yorker’s lives starts now.” He vowed that ICE agents will be held to the same standard of... New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa) NEW YORK (AP) — Within hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, the Anti-Defamation League, which combats antisemitism, launched an initiative to track policies and personnel appointments of the incoming... The ADL said Wednesday the goal is to “protect Jewish residents across the five boroughs during a period of unprecedented antisemitism in New York City.”

Mamdani’s main rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, received about 60% of the Jewish vote, according to the AP Voter Poll, after a campaign that highlighted Mamdani’s denunciations of Israel and kindled debate over antisemitism. About 3-in-10 Jewish voters supported Mamdani, the AP poll said. New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Credit: AP/Heather Khalifa

NEW YORK — Within hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, the Anti-Defamation League, which combats antisemitism, launched an initiative to track policies and personnel appointments of the incoming administration,... The ADL said Wednesday the goal is to “protect Jewish residents across the five boroughs during a period of unprecedented antisemitism in New York City.” Mamdani's main rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, received about 60% of the Jewish vote, according to the AP Voter Poll, after a campaign that highlighted Mamdani's denunciations of Israel and kindled debate over antisemitism. About 3-in-10 Jewish voters supported Mamdani, the AP poll said. A conservative pro-Israel newspaper, The Jewish Voice, depicted the city’s Jewish community — the largest in the U.S.

— as fearfully bracing for an “exodus.” The two top leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations labeled Mamdani’s election “a grim milestone.” NEW YORK (AP) — Within hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, the Anti-Defamation League, which combats antisemitism, launched an initiative to track policies and personnel appointments of the incoming... The ADL said Wednesday the goal is to “protect Jewish residents across the five boroughs during a period of unprecedented antisemitism in New York City.” Mamdani's main rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, received about 60% of the Jewish vote, according to the AP Voter Poll, after a campaign that highlighted Mamdani's denunciations of Israel and kindled debate over antisemitism. About 3-in-10 Jewish voters supported Mamdani, the AP poll said.

A conservative pro-Israel newspaper, The Jewish Voice, depicted the city’s Jewish community — the largest in the U.S. — as fearfully bracing for an “exodus.” The two top leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations labeled Mamdani’s election “a grim milestone.” Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s national director, said Mamdani has “associated with individuals who have a history of antisemitism, and demonstrated intense animosity toward the Jewish state.” NEW YORK (AP) — Within hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, the Anti-Defamation League, which combats antisemitism, launched an initiative to track policies and personnel appointments of the incoming... The ADL said Wednesday the goal is to “protect Jewish residents across the five boroughs during a period of unprecedented antisemitism in New York City.” Mamdani's main rival, former Gov.

Andrew Cuomo, received about 60% of the Jewish vote, according to the AP Voter Poll, after a campaign that highlighted Mamdani's denunciations of Israel and kindled debate over antisemitism. About 3-in-10 Jewish voters supported Mamdani, the AP poll said. A conservative pro-Israel newspaper, The Jewish Voice, depicted the city’s Jewish community — the largest in the U.S. — as fearfully bracing for an “exodus.” The two top leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations labeled Mamdani’s election “a grim milestone.” Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s national director, said Mamdani has “associated with individuals who have a history of antisemitism, and demonstrated intense animosity toward the Jewish state.” NEW YORK (AP) — Within hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, the Anti-Defamation League, which combats antisemitism, launched an initiative to track policies and personnel appointments of the incoming...

The ADL said Wednesday the goal is to “protect Jewish residents across the five boroughs during a period of unprecedented antisemitism in New York City.” Mamdani’s main rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, received about 60% of the Jewish vote, according to the AP Voter Poll, after a campaign that highlighted Mamdani’s denunciations of Israel and kindled debate over antisemitism. About 3-in-10 Jewish voters supported Mamdani, the AP poll said. A conservative pro-Israel newspaper, The Jewish Voice, depicted the city’s Jewish community — the largest in the U.S. — as fearfully bracing for an “exodus.” The two top leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations labeled Mamdani’s election “a grim milestone.”

Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s national director, said Mamdani has “associated with individuals who have a history of antisemitism, and demonstrated intense animosity toward the Jewish state.”

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