On his first day in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday has overturned all the executive orders signed by his predecessor, Eric Adams, after September 26, 2024, the date that the outgoing mayor was indicted on five federal charges related to bribery, wire fraud and campaign finance offenses.

Among the canceled orders are the ban on protesting in front of synagogues, the ban on city employees cooperating with the BDS movement and the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance controversial definition of antisemitism.

Under the IHRA definition of antisemitism, claims that “the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor” deny the “Jewish people their right to self-determination.” The IHRA definition is often criticized for conflating legitimate criticism of Israel with antisemitism.

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    13 days ago

    No, I know what EO61 is. I’m asking for a source that Mamdani overturned the “synagogue ban”. EO2 would conflict with that notion. It seems that the synagogue review was actually renewed as of yesterday, not overturned.

    Pretty wild that im being downvoted for this…

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        13 days ago

        Thank you for actually providing a real source, but unfortunately EO2 renews the review of protesting near religious institutions. EO1 was meant to clear out all prior orders made by Adams from September and onward (many of which were questionable), however the matter of protesting near religious institutions is now renewed in EO2.

        Hope this clears things up for everyone and we can put this to bed.

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      13 days ago

      Just read the article. It’s not hard. If you did then you will have all the information we have to work with from Haaretz, which given the context is probably hyperbolic and exaggerating very specific things to turn truth into a death by a thousand cuts as every detail needs to be found to expressly counter the petty, needling questions.

      If you need more information go find it and blast back to Lemmy that Mamdani did something (with proof). Otherwise go throw chaff somewhere else.

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        The article doesn’t have the authority to overturn executive orders. As of January 1st, the synagogue review has been renewed. That is the fact of the matter. Until you can provide something that factually contradicts the new EO, you are speaking nonsense.