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One day after being hired by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Catherine Almonte Da Costa submitted her resignation after antisemitic statements in old Twitter posts dating back to 2011 surfaced Thursday. Mamdani transition sources tell NBC New York that he and his transition were unaware of the posts when they appointed Da Costa Wednesday. When Mamdani put Da Costa in charge of hiring for the city, she pledged to recruit diverse talent. "They have to reflect the rich diversity of race faith ethnicity that defines this City," she said at the time. But today, 33-year-old Da Costa was apologizing for antisemitic posts dating back to when she was 18 years old. The posts were first found by the Anti-Defamation League, and then more problematic posts were uncovered by Timmy Facciola in a story on Substack.

Soon after, Da Costa took down her Twitter account. Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations Zohran Mamdani’s newly tapped director of appointments resigned Thursday hours after the discovery of antisemitic social media posts she made more than a decade ago. “I spoke with the mayor-elect this afternoon, apologized, and expressed my deep regret for my past statements,” Catherine Almonte Da Costa said in a statement provided by Mamdani’s transition team.

One day after Mamdani’s announcement of the appointment, the Anti-Defamation League and others posted screenshots of antisemitic tweets from an account associated with Da Costa. For instance, one screenshot showed a 2011 post where she referred to “Money hungry Jews.” Another screenshot shows a 2012 tweet where she wrote, “Far Rockaway train is the Jew train.” Gothamist has not... The account associated with the tweets no longer exists on X. One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes Mamdani Appointee Resigns After Her Decade-Old Antisemitic Social Media Posts Resurface FILE - New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov.

21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) NEW YORK (AP) — One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ’s appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes, Mamdani’s office said... In a statement, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, who was tapped this week to join the incoming administration, said she expressed “deep regret” for the posts, which date back to 2011 and 2012 and were... Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's new director of appointments resigned from that post Thursday over antisemitic comments she made on Twitter more than a decade ago. Catherine Almonte Da Costa sent in her resignation Thursday afternoon, hours after the past comments came to light.

"I spoke with the Mayor-elect this afternoon, apologized, and expressed my deep regret for my past statements. These statements are not indicative of who I am," she wrote in a statement Thursday. "As the mother of Jewish children, I feel a profound sense of sadness and remorse at the harm these words have caused. As this has become a distraction from the work at hand, I have offered my resignation," Da Costa continued. Da Costa launched her career in city government at the Office of Appointments and was supposed to lead the administration's efforts to recruit top talent, according to a Wednesday press release. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s appointee Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned just a day after she was tapped as director of appointments.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pick for a crucial City Hall position resigned on Thursday, shortly after her history of antisemitic posts on X came to light. Mamdani had announced his appointment of Catherine Almonte Da Costa as director of appointments, responsible for staffing City Hall, on Wednesday. But on Thursday, several posts on X where she peddled age-old antisemitic stereotypes were published by the Judge Street Journal, a Substack about New York City politics. “Money hungry Jews smh,” Da Costa posted on a now-deleted account on X in January 2011, when she 19 years old. In another post from June 2012, she wrote, “Far Rockaway train is the Jew train,” appearing to reference the large Jewish communities off the line.

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