FROM NY POST: Mayor Eric Adams announced an executive order Wednesday barring New York City from making business or pension investment decisions that discriminate against Israel — in a veiled swipe at his BDS-supporting successor Zohran Mamdani.
The order puts Mayor-elect Mamdani — who supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel — on the spot as he would have to decide whether to support or rescind the order.
Adams’ Executive Order 60, meanwhile, mirrors a state executive order issued in 2016 by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo — and continued by Gov. Kathy Hochul — that prohibits state agencies from doing business with companies that support the BDS movement against Israel.
City and state laws prohibit discrimination against bidders for city contracts on the basis of their national origin.
“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, which he discussed Wednesday night at an event sponsored by the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in New Orleans.
A second executive order announced by the Adams taps on the NYPD to tighten enforcement to protect synagogues and other religious worshippers from harassment.
Executive Order 61 directs the NYPD to evaluate changes to the patrol guide to better regulate protests near houses of worship, including establishing demonstration-free zones.
MAYOR ADAMS SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDERS PROHIBITING MAYORAL
APPOINTEES AND AGENCY STAFF FROM BOYCOTTING AND DISINVESTING
FROM ISRAEL, PROTECTING NEW YORKERS’ RIGHTS TO FREE EXERCISE OF
RELIGION WITHOUT HARASSMENT AT HOUSES OF WORSHIP— David Burns 🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸 (@FD4D) December 4, 2025
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