{"id":125939,"date":"2026-02-07T02:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125939\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T02:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:41:15","slug":"mamdani-signs-immigration-executive-order-at-interfaith-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125939\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani signs immigration executive order at Interfaith Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANHATTAN \u2014 UNITY OF SPIRIT AND A COMMON MISSION OF CARING FOR THE STRANGER are what defines New Yorkers, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at his first official Interfaith Breakfast<\/a> since taking office in January.<\/p>\n

The event, which took place Friday at the New York Public Library, aimed to unite faith leaders around the city to honor New York\u2019s religious, spiritual and cultural richness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the event, Mamdani signed an executive order<\/a> to reaffirm a commitment to \u201csanctuary city\u201d principles. Numbered as Executive Order 13, and effective immediately, this directive will set policies on how to respond to requests for sensitive information and implement protocols for protecting that info, including through the direction of chief privacy officers. It will also bolster restrictions on federal immigration enforcement on city property; initiate an audit to make sure city agencies are complying with sanctuary laws; and establish a committee to coordinate crisis response across city government in the event of escalating federal immigration actions or other major events.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"ClergyClergy applaud as the mayor introduces his executive order and the actions it details. New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Manhattan. Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Photo: Michael Appleton\/Mayoral Photography Office<\/p>\n

Mamdani also launched a citywide \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d push, distributing nearly 32,000 flyers<\/a> and booklets<\/a> in 10 languages for faith leaders to share with their congregations. The materials provide clear, accessible information about New Yorkers\u2019 rights during interactions with federal immigration authorities, including the right to remain silent, the right to speak to an attorney and the right to a translator.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFaith offers us a moral compass to stand alongside the stranger,\u201d emphasized Mamdani, who is the city\u2019s first Muslim, Indian and African-born mayor. Quoting from the New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews, and Exodus and Deuteronomy from the Jewish Torah, Mamdani emphasized living out \u201cdefiance through compassion\u201d in standing up for the widow, the orphan and the stranger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"SomeSome of the speakers from Mayor Mamdani\u2019s hosting of the first annual Interfaith Breakfast of his administration at the New York Public Library on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.
Michael Appleton\/Mayoral Photography Office<\/p>\n

Among the Brooklyn-based clergy speaking at the Friday event were Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies and the daughter of the late prominent civil rights pastor William Augustus Jones, Jr., who served for 43 years at Bethany Baptist Church; and the Rev. Juan Carlos Ruiz, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge, whose bilingual Spanish-English address also underscored the need to stand together to protect immigrants.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s Interfaith Breakfast, which typically brings in about 300 religious leaders, became a tradition in 2002 during the Bloomberg administration.<\/p>\n

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