New York City voters were warned for months about what they would get if they elected state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani as mayor. Those warnings have borne out over the last two weeks alone, with the Democrat Socialist Party member appointing staunch “defund the police” proponents to his transition team and endorsing a candidate for public office who downplayed the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
As we previously reported, the most disturbing thing since the election so far, however, was the scene that played out at a Manhattan synagogue on Wednesday night, with a pro-Hamas mob letting loose on Jewish attendees with “death to the IDF” chants and antisemitic calls to “globalize the intifada!,” the latter of which Mamdani steadfastly refused to condemn on the campaign trail.
“The protest was led by the anti-Israel activist group Pal-Awda, which advertised the event as ‘No settlers on stolen land’ and ‘Protest to stop the settler recruiting fair,'” the NY Post noted.
READ MORE: Manhattan Moment: Mob Descends on 135-Year-Old NYC Synagogue Screaming, ‘Globalize the Intifada!’
But while the current mayor, Eric Adams, has strongly denounced what happened and has indicated he stands in solidarity with the Park East Synagogue in the face of the attacks against them, the only thing the mayor-elect could muster up about it was this:
“The Mayor-elect has discouraged the language used at last night’s protest and will continue to do so,” Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec tells The Times of Israel. “He believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation, and that these sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law.”
Mamdani spox Dora Pekec tells me the mayor-elect “has discouraged the language used at last night’s protest and will continue to do so,” in response to demonstrators outside Park East Synagogue who chanted “Death to the IDF” and “Globalize the intifada.”
Full statement: pic.twitter.com/YXllhvdQMv
— Matthew Kassel (@matthewkassel) November 20, 2025
“The Mayor-elect has discouraged the language used.” Wowsers. That sure was a powerful rebuke. I’m sure that will really have the agitators quaking in their boots, though the bit about “international law” (which is not supposed to be a guidebook of any sort for any American city, of course) surely was a nice touch.
Something tells me that had this been a mosque, perhaps like the one in NYC run by his pal, campaign supporter, and unindicted 1993 WTC terrorist attack co-conspirator, Siraj Wahhaj, Mamdani would have had a lot more to say about it.
In fact, Mamdani spent a significant amount of time on the campaign trail turning legitimate criticisms of him breaking bread with the likes of Wahhaj and Hasan “NYC deserved 9/11” Piker into rants about alleged rampant Islamophobia after the attacks, even bringing up a questionable story about an “aunt” who he said was fearful about getting on the subway after the attacks.
SEE ALSO: Zohran Mamdani ‘Clarifies’ Story About His Aunt With an Unbelievable Answer
In fact, an important question that should be asked of Mamdani is that, considering his vow ahead of the election to work on behalf of all New Yorkers, why does he spend a whole lot of time talking about alleged Islamophobia and very little time condemning the antisemitism that has been far more prevalent in the city that just elected him to lead it.
I think we all know the answer, but it would sure be even more illuminating to see how he tried to spin his way out of it.
Editor’s Note: Zohran Mamdani is an avowed Democratic Socialist and is now the Mayor-elect of New York City.
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