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New York City Comptroller-elect Mark Levine addresses a crowd outside Park East Synagogue, in New York City, December 4, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
Investing in Israel
NYC comptroller walks back pledge to invest in Israel bonds
By Luke Tress
The city’s investments in Israel bonds has been an issue for years.
New York City Comptroller-elect Mark Levine addresses a crowd outside Park East Synagogue, in New York City, December 4, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 14, 2026, 10:55 am
NYC comptroller walks back pledge to invest in Israel bonds
The city’s investments in Israel bonds has been an issue for years.
By Luke Tress
A protester holds a Pro-Palestinian protesters overwhelm the area of New York City's Union Square where an Israeli peace group planned to hold an Oct. 7 vigil on Oct. 7, 2026. (Joe Strauss/JTA)
October 8, 2026, 11:21 am
Protesters overrun Oct. 7 Israeli peace vigil attended by Mamdani
Demonstrators mocked and yelled at participants in the event organized by the left-wing group Israelis for Peace.
By Joseph Strauss
July 20, 2026: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers video calling out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but admits the city does not have the legal authority to arrest him. (NYC Mayor's Office)
October 7, 2026, 10:38 am
Mamdani Oct. 7 statement accuses Israel of ‘ongoing genocide’ and ‘apartheid’
The IDF says it only targets terror operatives and seeks to minimize civilian casualties.
By Luke Tress
Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference Nov. 5, 2025, the day after winning New York City's mayoral election. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
September 29, 2026, 11:06 am
Mamdani’s plan to combat antisemitism ‘fails to address’ anti-Israel rhetoric, Jewish groups say
Groups applaud funding for security and Holocaust education.
By Joseph Strauss
Devorah Halberstam, whose son Ari was killed in a terror attack in 1994, addresses the crowd at a rally outside the United Nations. (Jackie Hajdenberg)
September 24, 2026, 8:10 am
Hundreds rally at UN to urge world leaders to address antisemitism 
“Antisemitism must stop. Not tomorrow. Not when it becomes politically expedient. Right now.”
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Protesters from Crown Heights Bites Back shove a Jewish man at a rally in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, August 19, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 8, 2026, 8:03 am
In protests and politics, ‘Zionists’ are being blamed for NYC housing woes
Street activists and politicians connect local real estate challenges to Israeli policies, merging two of NY’s top concerns into what historian describes as a ‘new phenomenon’
By Luke Tress
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani listens during a press conference in New York City on April 2, 2026. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
August 4, 2026, 8:42 am
Anti-Jewish hate crimes in NYC grow even as violent crime across the city decreases
A string of high-profile attacks last month have Jews on alert.
By Shira Li Bartov
Jews held a Tisha B'av protest opposing Israeli government moves they said curbed democracy, outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan, July 26, 2023. (Luke Tress)
August 2, 2026, 3:26 pm
Zohran Mamdani has made it impossible for liberal Zionists like me to protest Netanyahu’s UN visit
Jews who want to rally against the Israeli prime minister now run the risk of appearing to align with New York’s anti-Israel mayor, writes a former and aspiring protester.
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft
July 20, 2026: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers video calling out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but admits the city does not have the legal authority to arrest him. (NYC Mayor's Office)
July 23, 2026, 6:37 pm
Jewish groups say Mamdani is abusing his office in attacks on Netanyahu
The New York mayor urged the federal government to arrest the “war criminal” in a recent video.
By Kelly Hartog
July 20, 2026: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers video calling out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but admits the city does not have the legal authority to arrest him. (NYC Mayor's Office)
July 22, 2026, 11:37 am
Mamdani lacerates Netanyahu while admitting he can’t arrest him
The New York mayor urged the federal government to detain the Israeli leader
By Kelly Hartog
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 28: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends the 2026 Pride March in New York City. (TheStewartofNY/Getty Images)
June 29, 2026, 2:40 pm
Mamdani says ‘I can’t tell you I support’ Israel as a Jewish state
Israel’s consul general in New York responds by saying the mayor is “inciting and spreading hatred.”
By Kelly Hartog
The "Jew York Pride" group marches in the New York City Pride March on June 28, 2026. (Grace Gilson)
June 29, 2026, 2:31 pm
LGBTQ Jews face cheers and heckles at NYC Pride
The contrasting receptions of two Jewish contingents at Pride reflected the complex reality Jews face in LGBTQ spaces.
By Grace Gilson
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani addresses the crowd during the 'Get Out the Vote' rally at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on June 18, 2026. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
June 20, 2026, 11:37 pm
Mamdani calls AIPAC ‘monsters’ in rally ahead of NY primaries
Sen. Bernie Sanders joins the NYC mayor to promote progressive candidates in final day of the campaign.
By Kelly Hartog
Two NYU flags flying above entrance to Frederick Loewe Theatre on New York University campus. (Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
June 4, 2026, 3:02 pm
NYU student charged with hate crime for flying flag with swastikas, Star of David over campus building
An NYU spokesman said the school would “immediately pursue our disciplinary procedures, which carry the most severe consequences.”
By Grace Gilson
JCRC New York CEO Mark Treyger, UJA-Federation of New York CEO Eric Goldstein, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, Gov. Kathy Hochul and other New York politicians march in the annual Israel Day Parade on May 31, 2026. (Grace Gilson)
May 31, 2026, 9:51 pm
NY Democratic stalwarts show support for Israel even as Mamdani skips parade
Gov. Kathy Hochul signs legislation establishing 50-foot protest buffer zones around synagogues ahead of march.
By Grace Gilson
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