WASHINGTON − As one of his opening acts in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani swiftly reversed every executive order his predecessor, Eric Adams, signed after his indictment on federal corruption charges, including two that pertained to Israel.
On his first day in office Jan. 1, Mamdani revoked an order signed by former Mayor Adams that barred city agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel. Mamdani also revoked an Adams order that adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism.
The sweeping executive action rescinded all orders Adams signed after he was indicted on federal corruption charges in September 2024.
Mamdani, however, kept the newly-created office to combat antisemitism, which Adams launched in May.
One of the executive orders issued by Adams had adopted a definition of antisemitism that included opposition to the existence of the state of Israel.
