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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends JFREJ\u2019s \u201cSeder in the Streets\u201d in Union Square Park with former city comptroller Brad Lander on April 6, 2026. Credit: Michael Appleton\/Mayoral Photography Office.<\/p>\n
Images posted to the mayor\u2019s social media accounts show Mamdani standing among people holding wine cup-shaped placards and signs stating \u201cJews against deportation.\u201d Other images on social media appeared to show Hebrew inscriptions on signs that appeared to quote, in part, from a statement of Yossy son of Yochanan in the Mishnah, \u201cLet your house be wide open, and let the poor be members of your household.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eli Northrup, a public defender who is running for the New York state Assembly, posted a photo of the event. \u201cThe story of Jewish New Yorkers is a story of immigration. A story of New York welcoming and protecting people. Our faith instructs us to welcome the stranger and to respect their rights, for we were once strangers in Egypt,\u201d he wrote<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a reminder we sorely need. Today we took seder to the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n Brian Romero, who is also running for the state Assembly, wrote that he has marched with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice \u201cfor years.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s seder was full of that same beautiful spirit,\u201d he stated<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re marching towards a world where we can all be free.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Kansas state representative Raj Goyle, who is running to be New York state comptroller, wrote that he rallied with the group for its seder in the streets \u201cdemanding an end to the deportation and detention of our immigrant neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThen we marched to Palantir, where Jewish activists bravely risked arrest to occupy their office lobby. I stand with these activists, as Palantir powers both ICE\u2019s deportation operation and the genocide in Gaza,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cAs state comptroller, I will swiftly divest from both Palantir and foreign bonds like Israel that fund war crimes abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n Goyle shared footage of Mamdani hugging him and of Lander addressing attendees. \u201cWe recently saw our country, Donald Trump, launch a Tomahawk missile that killed hundreds of Iranian children at a girls\u2019 school in Tehran,\u201d Lander said in the video.<\/p>\n