From the New York Post: Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani once made a vile, conspiracy-tinged statement tying the NYPD and the Israeli military, according to a shocking video that resurfaced Tuesday.
“We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF,” the Queens assemblyman said, referring to the Israel Defense Forces.
Mamdani made the comparison during the 2023 Democratic Socialists of America’s national convention, where he was the keynote speaker.
During a separate panel discussion titled “Socialist Internationalism: The Solution to the Crisis of Capitalism,” Mamdani said it was important to connect “hyperlocal” and “international issues” with residents.
The report quotes Mamdani as saying in September 2023:
“We are in a country where those connections abound. Especially in New York City, you have so many opportunities to make clear the ways in which that struggle over there is tied to capitalist interests over here…
“For anyone to care about these issues, we have to make them connected. We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF.”
The video is going viral on social media, with one clip having already received 2.3 million views.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) voiced his outrage over the video, writing, “The levels of antisemitism ooze out of @ZohranKMamdani with an ease never before seen in America. Saying that the NYPD is controlled by the IDF and the Jews is just a remarkable statement — it is utterly disgusting and disqualifying. @GovKathyHochul and @RepJeffries you support this?”
The levels of antisemitism ooze out of @ZohranKMamdani with an ease never before seen in America.
Saying that the NYPD is controlled by the IDF and the Jews is just a remarkable statement — it is utterly disgusting and disqualifying.@GovKathyHochul and @RepJeffries you support… https://t.co/MHH0LQJJY8
— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) October 28, 2025
Fox News contributor Paul Mauro warned, “People, we’re being played. A TikTok campaign, with an algorithm gamed for him, run out of Beijing, with a surge timed late enough so that the emerging oppo won’t stop him in time. Roy Singham in Shanghai, Singham’s niece in NYC running Jews for Mamdani. We are about to elect Xi Jinping’s candidate.”
People, we’re being played. A TikTok campaign, with an algorithm gamed for him, run out of Beijing, with a surge timed late enough so that the emerging oppo won’t stop him in time. Roy Singham in Shanghai, Singham’s niece in NYC running Jews for Mamdani. We are about to elect Xi… https://t.co/FBYjBWvxip
— Paul Mauro (@PaulDMauro) October 28, 2025
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) also commented, “As I said, a raging jihadist Antisemite Defund the Police Communist. And @KathyHochul endorses and campaigns with Mamdani while refusing to condemn a single specific policy or statement he has made.”
As I said, a raging jihadist Antisemite Defund the Police Communist
And @KathyHochul endorses and campaigns with Mamdani while refusing to condemn a single specific policy or statement he has made. https://t.co/XZWAPb347f
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) October 28, 2025
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