New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced today the reinforcement of the fight against anti-Semitism in the U.S. metropolis, shortly after his confrontation with Benjamin Netanyahu, when he went to the UN to participate in the General Assembly.
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29/09/2026
by
Lusa
Mamdani has increased the budget of the Office of the Authority to Combat Anti-Semitism by $26 million.
This fiscal reinforcement, to increase the protection of Jews in New York, by more than 800% compared to 2025, follows Mamdani's public statements to support Netanyahu's arrest warrant, war crimes and humanity, issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
However, the State of New York has no authority to serve the warrant, which allowed Netanyahu to speak at the UN General Assembly and escape detention.
Mamdani has repeatedly described the consequences of Netanyahu’s government policy on the Gaza Strip as an “atrocious genocide”.
Netanyahu, for his part, accused Mamdani of being an “anti-Semitic autarch” and considers that his speeches “ endanger the Jews of his city.”.
The accusations to critics of the Netanyahu Executive of being anti-Semitic and threatening the safety of Jews have been attributed to attempts to divert attention.
Mandami assumed, on social networks, “the responsibility to support and protect our Jewish municipalities; a responsibility that is for each of us”.
After saying that anti-Semitism “is real and growing”, he stressed: “The Talmud teaches us that those who support a soul, support a whole world, today we are launching the first municipal strategy of this kind”.
He specified that “here, in New York City, despite our Jewish municipalities representing only 12% of the population, police statistics show that anti - Semitic hate crimes are more than half of all confirmed hate crimes. This is not just unacceptable; it is something we must face,” he said.
He pointed out that it will be the municipality to “lead”: “We will increase the funds for the prevention of hate crimes by $26 million, which means an increase of more than 800% compared to last year. This plan includes an investment of 6.4 million dollars in community organizations that prevent violence motivated by hatred, more than twice that invested last year,” he argued.
Among these investments include two million dollars for the Holocaust Garden in Queens and 2.5 million dollars for the Brooklyn New Jewish Culture Center.