Mamdani revokes Israel-related executive orders signed by Adams, directs team to focus on housing in first acts as mayor
Source: cnn
Mamdani revokes Israel-related executive orders signed by Adams, directs team to focus on housing in first acts as mayor
Source: cnn
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[New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani](https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/02/politics/zohran-mamdani-housing-israel-executive-orders?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit) used his executive powers to revoke a handful of orders put into place by his predecessor after the former mayor was federally indicted, including a directive that expanded the definition of antisemitism and another that barred city employees and agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel.
Mamdani signed the orders on Thursday afternoon, just hours after his inaugural ceremony at City Hall. As part of the move, he rescinded directives signed by the former mayor, Eric Adams, after September 26, 2024 – the date Adams was indicted.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Mamdani said “that was a date that marked a moment when many New Yorkers decided politics held nothing for them.”
Adams has denied any wrongdoing, and the Trump administration later sought to drop those charges against Adams, which were eventually dismissed by a judge.
Mamdani also signed additional executive orders Thursday concerning housing – an issue that he focused on heavily during his campaign.
The orders require the administration to do an analysis of how housing development can be sped up and to create an inventory of city-owned land where housing can be built and submit the report by the summer.
That sounds like, America First?
Way to go, first week in office and he’s already focusing on the issues his people care about
Good on him. Municipalities shouldn’t have foreign policy objectives.
Well yeah. He doesn’t work for israelis. He works for Americans. His job isn’t to redefine American policy to suit foreigners 5000 miles away
As a Zionist in the actual definition and not the term that people just made up one day and decided to apply to us, and as someone with lots of family in Israel, fucking good. He’s a mayor not someone who is involved with foreign politics, his purview is entirely within ensuring New Yorkers thrive and as far as he can tell he’s laying the correct groundwork to pull it off.
Ive been pro Israel my whole life, 40+ years. No longer.
CNN is whitewashing the EOs done by an Indicted Mayor by leaving out that all EOs after the indictment were revoked
A mayor focusing on the city he is mayor of instead of a foreign nation? Idk sounds like communism to me!
I’m not in NYC, but damn if this isn’t the first time I’ve felt some pride to be a New Yorker in a very long time.
I just hope establishment dems along with the whack job republicans don’t get in the way.
Hopefully his election starts a trend towards free medical, taxing billionaires and shoring up social security instead of building gold ballrooms, arches and other stupid crap nobody wants.
Americans are so deeply weird about anything related to israel lol
my man
Good.
It’s a new Day! 😍
Imagine that. Focusing on one of the very most important issues to his constituents, and one he campaigned on, instead of wasting time curtailing their constitutional free speech rights.
Good. NEXT!