New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams signed two executive orders on Wednesday blocking city funds from going to the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Outgoing Mayor Adams specifically banned city “business or pension investment decisions that discriminate against Israel, a move that could be viewed as a challenge to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who supports the BDS movement,” Fox News reported.
The second order calls for the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to dial up the protection of synagogues and people of faith from harassment, according to the report.
Adams said while speaking at a conference in New Orleans sponsored by the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism that his administration “recognizes the benefit of maintaining a strong relationship between
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