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New Yorkers and native leaders expressed outrage over Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s “weak” and deeply troubling response, by way of his spokesperson, to an antisemitic protest exterior the Park East Synagogue final week. Scores of protestors converged upon the synagogue, the place Nefesh B’Nefesh, a company that assists Jewish immigration to Israel, held a scheduled occasion. Many protestors sporting face masks held Palestinian flags and chanted messages similar to “Globalize the Intifiada” and “Death to the IDF,” per quite a few on-line movies. The incident prompted an NYPD response, with on-line movies exhibiting officers actively separating the demonstrators from a smaller…
Retiring U.S. Reps. Nydia Velázquez (left) and Jerry Nadler. File Images by Lloyd Mittchel A altering of the guard is underway inside New York Metropolis’s predominantly Democratic congressional delegation, with a number of members both retiring or going through major challenges in 2026. U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez, whose district covers components of north Brooklyn and western Queens, turned the second longtime incumbent within the New York Metropolis delegation to announce she is not going to be in search of reelection subsequent 12 months on Thursday night time. Each Velázquez and U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-Manhattan), who made the identical announcement…