Mamdani announces appointment of Sam Levine, who is Jewish, as commissioner of the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Levine was previously director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

📸 Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani just attended and spoke at the @NYJewishAgenda Hanukkah celebration in Manhattan.

Mamdani responding to renewed criticism re: refusal to condemn ‘globalize the intifada’ slogan: “I continue to discourage the use of that phrase, a phrase that I do not use myself, and I continue to focus on the work at hand of keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe in the city.”

🚨📸 NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani visited the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens this evening to pay his respects to the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack. Mamdani also made a private prayer at the grave.

Exciting news! Alyssa Katz has joined the Forward as new editor-in-chief. forward.com/communicatio...

🚨 SCOOP: Mamdani is meeting this afternoon with the New York Board of Rabbis to discuss his agenda. I also write about last night's appearance at the Satmar events ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...

Last night, outgoing NYC Mayor Eric Adams signed executive order that prohibits city agencies from engaging in BDS and blocks city officials from divesting from Israel Bonds and other Israeli companies.

🚨 SCOOP: Senate Democratic Leader Schumer will introduce today a resolution “rejecting Nick Fuentes and his white supremacist views, condemning [Tucker] Carlson’s platforming of hate, and condemning antisemitism and white supremacy...” Schumer wants it to be bipartisan.

#NY12 SCOOP: In bid for Nadler’s seat, Jack Schlossberg makes Jewish security his Day One priority. Read more about his new “Jack-Fast-Track” plan to force immediate House floor vote to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $500M⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...

Mamdani asked if he thinks Mayor Adams is “trolling” him by traveling to Israel? Mamdani has said he wouldn’t visit the country as mayor. Mamdani: “I think the mayor is free to spend his remaining days and weeks and months as he so pleases.”

🚨 CNN exit poll: 38% of New York City voters said the candidate's position on Israel was a a major factor in their vote. 30% a minor factor. 29% not a factor at all. David Chalian: “Of course, that cuts both ways, since there was a real contrast in positions on Israel.”

“God of Israel will help you win,” this Jewish woman told Cuomo when he arrived to vote.

UPDATE — some political drama over the Mamdani endorsement: Three leaders from the Satmar Ahronim sect just sent out this statement endorsing Cuomo. forward.com/fast-forward...

PHOTO — Happening now in Williamsburg: Zohran Mamdani handshake with Rabbi Moshe Indig, a political leader of the Satmar Ahronim sect.

🚨 BIG 🚨Satmar Ahronim sect is endorsing Mamdani for mayor, two sources familiar confirmed. Mamdani is expected to meet with Satmar leaders in Williamsburg this afternoon. Here is more background ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...

How Mamdani built bridges to Jewish New Yorkers, from Williamsburg to Park Slope. Mamdani told me he “deeply appreciated” the opportunity to meet with a broad spectrum of Jewish New Yorkers, calling it “meaningful.” forward.com/news/780196/...

I went to Germany to speak with both Jews and non-Jewish Germans who are doing the work of bringing memory culture to life — and to learn how Germany's commitment to remember the Holocaust is being strained by the post-Oct. 7 and far-right politics. Thanks to @boellus.bsky.social for their support.

On Unholy podcast, @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social asks Hillary Clinton if she’d vote for Zohran Mamdani? HC: “You know what? I don't vote in this city. I'm not involved in it. I have not been at all even asked to be involved in it, and I have not chosen to be involved in it.”

BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews. In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.

Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, in an open letter backing Cuomo: "One shudders to think of the sort of people Mamdani would bring into his administration. How many of Mamdani’s team have ripped down hostage posters, or worse?"

Mamdani says part of his plan to counter antisemitism is implementing an existing curriculum in the public school system called ‘Hidden Voices’ that “would celebrate the breadth and the beauty of Jewish life in our city’s history.”

INTERVIEW: Mamdani has created ‘great fear,’ and Jewish voters are ‘more motivated than I have ever seen,’ Cuomo says forward.com/news/778666/...

In a phone interview, Cuomo tells me in response: “I think Mamdani has created great fear among the Jewish community and many other communities. He is affirmatively offensive. It has nothing to do with his being Muslim. It has to do with what he says.”

Mamdani today: “To be Muslim in New York is to expect indignity… I thought that if I behaved well enough or bit my tongue enough in the face of racist baseless attacks, all while returning back to my central message, it would allow me to be more than just my faith. I was wrong.”

🚨 IN YIDDISH — Zohran Mamdani is making a direct appeal to Hasidic voters in an open letter published in all weekly Yiddish-language newspapers this week, highlighting his plans to combat antisemitism and his proposals on affordability and childcare vouchers.

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Mamdani on why he hasn’t praised the Gaza ceasefire or have an opinion on Hamas disarming: “Calling for a ceasefire means ceasing fire. That means all parties have to cease fire and put down their weapons.” Mamdani adds post-war plan should also address occupation apartheid.

Looking forward to talking about this race with my colleagues @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social, @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social and @juliemmoos.bsky.social — join us!

PHOTOS: Zohran Mamdani — with a yarmulka — attended Yom Kippur Kol Nidre services at the Lab Shul, a non-denominational congregation in Manhattan. He was seated between Rep. Jerry Nadler and Brad Lander. 📸 @giligetz.bsky.social

🚨 on Yerev Yom Kippur, Andrew Cuomo apologizes to the Orthodox community for singling them out and for unfair treatment during the COVID-19 outbreaks. “I am truly sorry… On this holy day of atonement, I am committed to learning from these lessons.”

Mamdani: The ADL doesn’t speak for New York Jews in interview with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, Mamdani panned ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt, who said the Democratic nominee for mayor has failed to meet with or address concerns of most Jewish New Yorkers. forward.com/fast-forward...

NEW: Mamdani tells me re: Cuomo’s recent comments on ending the Gaza war: “The only thing New Yorkers hate more than a politician they disagree with is one that they can't trust. It is all in service of his own ambition.” Clarification is “an affront to their basic common sense.”

NEW: Cuomo insists his position on Gaza war "hasn’t shifted one iota." In an interview, Cuomo told me he still backs Israel’s goal of eliminating Hamas — and hopes Jewish voters take note of Mamdani's recent statements on the conflict, Netanyahu. forward.com/news/770293/...

Cuomo says he is not planning to meet with Netanyahu when he visits NY next week to address UNGA. Cuomo also clarified NYT comments re: Gaza war: “Of course we want the war to stop..and of course, we need to eliminate Hamas. And the sooner it ends, the better.”

In gaggle, Cuomo explained his NYT comments on Gaza war: "I am a proud supporter of Israel... The situation is horrific. The carnage is horrific. I pray for an end to the violence. I pray for the hostages to be returned, and Hamas has to be eliminated." forward.com/fast-forward...

In a statement, likely GOP challenger, Rep. Elise Stefanik says Hochul now owns “every radical position” Mamdani holds, including “every heinous pro-Hamas antisemitic position.”

Hochul re: Mamdani endorsement: “We discussed the need to combat the rise of antisemitism urgently and unequivocally. I’ve been glad to see him meet with Jewish leaders across the city, listening and addressing their concerns directly.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander expressed regret for not doing enough “to speak out against Israel's war crimes, against ethnic cleansing, against forced starvation of Palestinians.” Lander, who was with Mamdani on stage, called for anti-Zionists/liberal Zionists coalition committed to ending Gaza war.

Zohran Mamdani on Charlie Kirk murder: “Yet another victim of gun violence in a nation where what should be a rarity has turned into a plague. “It cannot be a question of political agreement or alignment that allows us to mourn. It must be the shared notion of humanity that binds us all.”

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on ‘Globalize the Intifada’ slogan: “It means end Israel. It means destroy Jews… No matter what words they intend to be saying, that is the meaning of these phrases… It's not a social movement. It's terrorism, it's destruction, it's death.”

Rev. Al Sharpton to Mamdani: Has your personal views on the phrase of ‘globalize the intifada’ changed since you've been running for mayor? Do you understand those that see it in a more threatening way? Mamdani: “Yes, they have.. This is language I would discourage.”

Mamdani says he backs Brad Lander’s decision not to purchase new bonds in Israeli government debt securities as a political statement during his mayoralty. Mark Levine, the NYC comptroller nominee who’ll oversee investments, tells me he will purchase new Israel Bonds forward.com/fast-forward...

Nadler’s departure underscores the narrowing pipeline of senior Jewish lawmakers who once defined Democratic power in New York and Washington. forward.com/news/765844/...

Continued: Martin huddled with members after vote and promised to create a task force that would come up with a consensus resolution. He withdrew his motion that calls for Gaza aid and two states.

🚨 DNC members vote to reject resolution that calls for Gaza ceasefire and an arms embargo on Israel, which was introduced by 26-year-old committee member Allison Minnerly. Amendment that urges support for the recognition of Palestine as a state and to end all military aid to Israel also failed.

At DNC summer meeting, DNC members approved a resolution condemning antisemitism. It included an amendment that the Dem Party "has a critical and special responsibility to protect the rights of Jewish organizers, voters and elected officials" to free speech without fear of harassment.

👀 Socialite Alisa Roever, who co-founded a charity with NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ brother Bernard, says on IG that Jews will be to blame if Mamdani wins mayoral race: “Jews own real state, banks, media. Mamdani taking over the city your fault. It is slap in your face that you are not strong anymore.”

ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt attacks Mamdani, but gets his facts wrong. Greenblatt claimed Mamdani hasn’t visited a single synagogue, though Mamdani attended forums at B'nai Jeshurun, UJA-Federation + engaged Orthodox voters. A spox clarified he meant after primary win forward.com/news/763210/...

Ruth Messinger, the first Jewish and only woman to win a NYC mayoral primary, has a message for voters about Mamdani She endorsed the Democratic nominee on Monday forward.com/fast-forward...

Gov. JB Pritzker: Senate vote to block arms sales sends Israel sent ‘the right kind of message’ to Israel over Gaza aid forward.com/fast-forward...