n. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post Mamdani, upon taking office in January, rescinded executive orders approved by preceding Mayor Eric Adams to combat antisemitism. He also vetoed legislation to set buffer zones around schools to require a minimum distance between protesters and students, claming it impinges on free speech. The Mayor revoked the City's adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism, together with the City's order barring discrimination against Israeli entities, Goldfeder said. His administration has since confirmed, through the head of its own antisemitism office, that it will use no codified definition of antisemitism, or of any other form of hate. He pointed to an April 2026 City Council hearing, the Police Department's deputy commissioner for legal matters testified that the words Kill the Zionists painted on a kosher restaurant might not be charged as a hate crime, and would depend on proof that the motivation was not purely political, while Kill the Jews on the same restaurant plainly would be. 5 Congressman Dan Goldman looking at his phone while standing at a coffee shop counter Poetica Coffee/facebook As a member of the Council observed, `Zionist now operates as a proxy for Jew', and the city's posture hands the perpetrator an exit, the letter said. A government that declines to recognize the most common form the hatred now takes has declined, in advance, to police it. Goldfeder also said Mamdani directed the NYPD to develop a plan to disband its Strategic Response Group, the unit responsible for protest response and counterterrorism. 5 Pro-Israel supporters march down to Gracie Mansion to protest against Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Ella Morrison / NY Post The referral said the mayor's animus was also reflected in the activities of city agencies, pointing to an hour-long training for Health and Mental Hygiene Department employees on Feb. 3, 2026 - a Global Oppression Workshop about public health in Gaza and the West Bank. The presentation consisted primarily of false accusations against Jewish Israelis of `genocide' and other crimes, and misrepresentations and distortions of Israeli history, society, and law, the letter said. The presentation did not mention Hamas atrocities against Israelis on October 7, 2023, which included the murder of over 1,200 mostly civilian people, torture of children, sexual violence, desecration of human remains, and the kidnapping and torture of over 450 people, including many American Jews, Goldfeder said. 5 Anti-Israel protesters outside of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hotel, the Loews Regency Hotel in New York, NY, on September 25, 2025. Christopher Sadowski This is powerful proof that New York's Jews are not a priority community,' and Jewish municipal workers are not considered colleagues' in the Mamdani administration, NJAC's referral said. Mamdani's campaign speech on June 18 referring to the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as monsters the city is up against, is the starkest example of his hostility to Jews, according to the letter. Mamdani (and others) reserve unique contempt for AIPAC not because it represents money in politics, but because it represents Jewish money in politics, Goldfeder said. NJAC requested the Justice Department open a pattern-or-practice investigation into the city and the NYPD's response to antisemitic hate crime, including the classification, investigation, prioritization, and resourcing of such crimes. Start your day with all you need to know Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters The Justice Department should press Mamdani and the NYPD to produce the full enforcement pipeline for antisemitic hate crime reports, including the number of incidents reported, as well as additional data including the amount that were rejected, reclassified, closed without arrest. It also asks Justice to examine if the city complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which covers entities that receive federal funding.