US EditionEric Adams Issues Executive Order Barring BDS, Throwing Down Gauntlet for Successor Zohran Mamdani
Eric Adams issued orders to block city boycotts of Israel and assess police measures against protests at places of worship, highlighting $300 million in city investments in Israeli assets.
- On Wednesday, outgoing Mayor Eric Adams signed two executive orders barring New York City agencies and pension funds from boycotting or discriminating against Israel.
- Responding to unrest outside an Upper East Side synagogue, Adams said the orders aimed to repudiate BDS, framing them as protecting city‑Israel ties, including a quote from Adams.
- Executive Order 60 prohibits mayoral agency heads and chief contracting officers from discriminatory procurement, and notes about $300 million invested in Israeli assets; Executive Order 61 directs the NYPD to review protest restrictions near houses of worship, Adams wrote `Executive Order 61 directs the NYPD to review the Patrol Guide to evaluate proposals to limit protest activity that intimidates worshippers at houses of worship`.
- The move corners Zohran Mamdani by forcing him to uphold or overturn Eric Adams’s orders, and Mamdani said on Thursday his administration will review every order and can modify them.
- The mayor's tenure has seen tougher policing of pro‑Palestine activists and deeper NYPD ties to Israel, amid at least 38 US states with anti‑BDS laws and New York State anti‑BDS law.
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