{"id":508403,"date":"2026-06-24T05:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/508403\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:30:11","slug":"mayor-mamdani-stays-silent-after-dan-goldman-banned-from-nyc-coffee-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/508403\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani stays silent after Dan Goldman banned from NYC coffee shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Socialists push progressive agenda in NYC primaries<\/a> <\/p>\n

Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on the New York City primary, highlighting the influence of socialists. Candidates backed by Zohran Mamdani advocate for abolishing ICE and all deportations, even for convicted murderers.<\/p>\n

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> is facing swift backlash after declining to condemn a local coffee chain that told a Jewish congressman with pro-Israel views that he was not welcome.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has remained silent after the Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based Poetica coffee shop posted \u2014 and later deleted \u2014 a message on social media telling Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., not to return after he stopped by the shop with his daughter Monday. The mayor declined to comment through a spokesman when contacted by The New York Times<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

“Shameful,” Fox News Radio analyst Josh Kraushaar wrote on social media in response to a section of The Times story detailing that Mamdani declined to comment.<\/p>\n

“Well folks, we’ve reached the stage of antisemitism where Jews are being publicly barred from businesses,” the CEO and co-founder of the antisemitism-focused nonprofit Boundless Israel said on X. “A coffee shop in Mamdani’s New York City told Jewish Congressman Dan Goldman he wasn’t welcome in their store.”<\/p>\n

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Zohran Mamdani announces new members of his team at the Brooklyn Public Library Greenpoint Branch in Brooklyn on Dec. 17, 2025. (Shawn Inglima\/New York Daily News\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

MAMDANI SKIPS ISRAEL DAY PARADE DESPITE JOINING OTHER CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n

“The caf\u00e9 is implementing Mamdani’s wishes,” journalist Melissa Braunstein said.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani\u2019s office for comment but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

In a since-deleted social media post, Poetica Coffee<\/a> said it would have declined to serve Goldman had staff recognized him in the store. Goldman has notably declined to characterize Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide and has received financial contributions from the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, drawing criticism from some on the progressive left.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Hey Congressman Dan Goldman, we see that you stopped by our shop today for a coffee. Do you see how it doesn\u2019t taste like genocide juice? Or are you still having a hard time telling the difference?” the post said.<\/p>\n

“See, here at Poetica, we don\u2019t serve racists, fascists, homophobes, genocide enablers, or anyone in between,” the post continued. “Too bad we didn\u2019t recognize you right away, or we would have turned you away. We issued you a refund\u2014we don\u2019t need your money (it\u2019s probably coming from AIPAC anyways). Enjoy your loss on Tuesday. Don\u2019t ever come to Poetica.”<\/p>\n

The coffee chain has since deleted its Instagram page amid social media backlash.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s silence comes as he is working to unseat Goldman, despite the incumbent lawmaker being a leading Trump critic and embracing an array of leftist legislative proposals. Goldman notably did not endorse Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, citing concerns about how his administration would approach Jewish New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

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A Brooklyn, N.Y., coffee shop refunded a purchase made by Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., over the weekend over his support for Israel, saying the company doesn’t serve “genocide enablers.” (Getty Images; Google Maps)<\/p>\n

The mayor publicly backed former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander to represent Goldman\u2019s district, which spans Lower Manhattan and deep-blue, wealthy pockets of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Democratic voters will decide whether to hand Goldman a third House term during the Empire State’s primary elections on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

NY DEM WOULDN\u2019T BACK MAMDANI FOR MAYOR \u2014 NOW MAMDANI IS BACKING HIS CHALLENGER<\/a><\/p>\n

Since both men largely hold the same policy stances, the bruising primary battle has revolved around support for Israel \u2014 with Lander vowing to elevate the Palestinian cause if elected to the House.<\/p>\n

Goldman has notably supported military aid to Israel following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and distanced himself from inflammatory rhetoric used by some on the left to criticize Israel.<\/p>\n

Goldman offered a tempered response after the coffee chain effectively banned him from their storefronts.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m sorry to see this post,” he said. “The barista could not have been nicer to my 7-year-old daughter and me\u2014allowing her to use the bathroom even though we had not purchased anything. I made sure to buy a coffee in return for her kindness. I hope you at least make sure she gets the tip that she deserved.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks in support of Brad Lander, Democratic candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, in Carroll Park in Brooklyn on June 14, 2026. (Shuran Huang\/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Assistant Attorney General<\/a> for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said Tuesday her office has opened an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n

“Federal law prohibits public accommodations such as coffee shops from discriminating against patrons based on their race, religion, or national origin,” Dhillon wrote. “These actions are not only reprehensible, they\u2019re potentially illegal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Socialists push progressive agenda in NYC primaries Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on the New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[37377,4410,828,85,46,4178,43,238,14325],"class_list":["post-508403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-anti-semitism","tag-elections","tag-fox-news","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-media","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508403","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=508403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}