Outgoing NYC Mayor Eric Adams launched a preemptive strike against the incoming communist mayor-elect.
Adams announced an executive order on Wednesday, which would prohibit the city from making business or pension investment decisions that would discriminate against Israel.
The executive order would counter the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, but is supported by incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Antisemitism must concern all of us who believe in justice, equality, and freedom.
Today, at the @CombatASemitism conference in New Orleans, a city where Black culture and the resilience of the African American community are openly celebrated, I discussed how the Black and… pic.twitter.com/Xc5b8FMvlD
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) December 4, 2025
Adams’ second order seeks stricter NYC police protection for synagogues and other religious worshipers, Fox reported.
Executive Order 60 makes it clear: BDS has no place in our city. The movement is antisemitic in nature and discriminatory in practice. NYC contracts and pensions must serve the public good. Discrimination is illegal. Antisemitism is abhorrent.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) December 4, 2025
“This administration recognizes the benefit of maintaining a strong relationship between the city of New York and the state of Israel,” Adams said of the executive order event sponsored by the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in New Orleans on Wednesday.
The executive orders are seen as a way to pressure Mamdani into supporting or rescinding the orders.
They also come a week after protesters swarmed a synagogue on the Upper East Side, yelling disturbing chants like “death to the IDF” and “globalize the intifada.”
Last month, Mamdani explained his support for the BDS movement, claiming it will pressure Israel to comply with international law.
“And I’ve said, I support BDS because this is a movement that is looking for that kind of compliance. We haven’t seen it,” he said during an MSNBC interview on Nov. 4, Fox reported.
Adams found both support and pushback on X:
Mamdani will rescind this, hopefully Day 1
— allyourbase (@reverendshamil) December 4, 2025
Excellent. More things like this to protect real New Yorkers before that jihadi gets into office.
— LilyOutside (@LilyOutside) December 4, 2025
NYC’s outgoing mayor is using his final days to target BDS—an unmistakable shot at his successor and a reminder of how deep the city’s political divide runs.
— Matthew Newgarden (@a_newgarden) December 4, 2025
Good decision by Adams.
— Carolwithane (@carolwthne) December 4, 2025
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