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.
EO1 is the one that revoked anything by date: https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-01
EO61 is the one that reviewed where protests could be. EO2 establishes other things not related to previous EOs
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.