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\n Apr. 24, 2026
\n \/ JNS
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Eleven Jewish groups issued a statement on Friday morning saying that they are \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d with New York City Zohran Mamdani\u2019s decision to veto a bill, which narrowly passed the New York City Council and which would have created a buffer zone around schools in which protesters could not obstruct foot traffic. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are deeply disappointed by Mayor Mamdani\u2019s decision to veto Intro 175, legislation that would have required clear, coordinated safety plans around schools and learning institutions,\u201d the UJA-Federation of New York, Anti-Defamation League New York\/New Jersey, American Jewish Committee New York, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, JCRC-NY, New York Board of Rabbis, Orthodox Union, Rabbinical Assembly, StandWithUs, Teach NYS and Union for Reform Judaism stated, in an unusual joint statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt a time when Jewish and other communities across our city are facing heightened threats, this legislation represented a crucial step toward ensuring that every school and community institution can be better protected,\u201d the groups said. \u201cMeasures like these importantly safeguard institutions against real and growing threats while maintaining people\u2019s right to protest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cActions speak louder than words,\u201d they added. \u201cThis veto is a profound failure of City Hall to demonstrate to all New Yorkers that our safety is a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n
The groups thanked Julie Menin, the first Jewish speaker of the council, and council member Eric Dinowitz, a member of the council and co-chair of its bipartisan task force on Jew-hatred, for their \u201cleadership and unwavering commitment to the safety of New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel S. Mariaschin, CEO of B\u2019nai B\u2019rith International, told JNS that \u201cit is an outrage that a request to protect Jewish schoolchildren\u2014in the city of New York, of all places\u2014would receive a cold shoulder from the mayor and his inner circle.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mayor is taking his animus toward Israel and its supporters to a new low in now rejecting measures to ensure the safety of our young people,\u201d Mariaschin said.<\/p>\n
Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, told JNS that the veto is \u201cfurther proof that Mamdani is a heartless Jew-hating, Israel-hater, who doesn\u2019t care about the safety of his New York City constituents if they\u2019re Jewish.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is further proof that Mamdani actually supports Jews being harmed or attacked as his previous repeated refusal to condemn people screaming \u2018globalize the intifada\u2019 meaning kill the Jews clearly showed,\u201d Klein said. \u201cIn a time of surging Jew-hating, Israel-bashing, Mamdani is truly frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"( Apr. 24, 2026 \/ JNS ) Eleven Jewish groups issued a statement on Friday morning saying that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-409022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}