Felder Walks Out as NYC Antisemitism Office Nominee Draws Backlash at Hearing

Mamdani office has no definition of antisemitism after dropping IHRA, czar confirms

When asked how the Mamdani administration defines antisemitism, MOCA executive director Phylisa Wisdom said: “Across city government, there is not a definition codified for any form of hate at all.”

NYC won’t codify a new definition of antisemitism, Mamdani's antisemitism czar says

A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week’s daily newsletter, rounding up the latest on politics, culture, food and what’s new with Jews in the city. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Mamdani won’t codify a definition of antisemitism Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s antisemitism czar, Phylisa Wisdom, said the city will not codify a definition of antisemitism during the first hearing of the City Council’s Task Force to Comb…

City Council presses Mayor’s Antisemitism Office over definition, access and strategy

City Council members used the first hearing of the body’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism on April 22 to scrutinize the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, questioning how it defines anti-Jewish hate, how the public can reach it, and how it plans to grow.  Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the mayor’s office, told council members that the office is still building out staff and described its mandate as coordinating non-law-enforcemen…

Orthodox NYC Council member storms out of first Jew-hatred task force meeting after City Halls says it won’t define hate

“I have never seen an administration that can’t determine what is hate or antisemitism,” Simcha Felder told the New York Post.

Mamdani won’t set definition of antisemitism after repealing IHRA, his antisemitism czar says

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s antisemitism czar said on Wednesday that his administration won’t replace the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism he wiped off the books his first day on the job. Speaking before the City Council’s Task Force Antisemitism alongside officials from the NYPD, the executive director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, Phylisa Wisdom, said that city agencies …

Why can't Mamdani's antisemitism envoy define Jew hatred?

Lawmakers slammed NYC’s approach towards battling antisemitism as “crazy,” after remarks by top mayoral official. By World Israel News Staff/em> New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s envoy tasked with combating antisemitism gave an evasive response when asked to define the term during a City Council meeting on Wednesday. Phylisa Wisdom, who was appointed by Mamdani in February, told council members that the administration does not use a formal wo…