{"id":32350,"date":"2025-11-07T20:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/32350\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:19:08","slug":"adl-launches-mamdani-monitor-to-track-nyc-mayor-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/32350\/","title":{"rendered":"ADL launches \u2018Mamdani Monitor\u2019 to track NYC mayor-elect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/anti-semitism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">antisemitic activity<\/a> across the country, launched a &#8220;Mamdani Monitor&#8221; this week to track the actions of Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">An announcement about the initiative came after Mamdani was elected mayor of America\u2019s largest city. Detractors have accused Mamdani of antisemitism, citing his founding of the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Bowdoin College, his past statements and positions and the anti-Israel individuals who endorsed him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In light of Mayor-elect Mamdani\u2019s long, disturbing record on issues of deep concern to the Jewish community, ADL is watching and responding to the policies and appointments of the new administration,&#8221; the ADL said on its website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/morning-glory-return-antisemitism-should-shock-appall-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MORNING GLORY: THE RETURN OF ANTISEMITISM SHOULD SHOCK AND APPALL AMERICANS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762546747_12_zohran-mamdani-election-night-watch-party.jpg\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech on Election night with his banner behind him.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani delivers a victory speech at a mayoral election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in New York City.\u00a0 (Yuki Iwamura\/AP)<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to the ADL\u2019s Instagram page, Jonathan Greenblatt, the group\u2019s chief executive, noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York City<\/a> has the largest Jewish population of any city in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s notable to us because of a fierce animosity toward the Jewish state that has characterized his entire time in public life,&#8221; Greenblatt said. &#8220;So, considering his track record, the people around him, the ideas that he has pursued \u2014 yes, we have concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Greenblatt cited promises by Mamdani to pursue the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">against Israel<\/a>. Mamdani has also refused to condemn phrases like &#8220;globalize the intifada,&#8221; which calls for worldwide resistance against Israel, and other anti-Israel slogans, Greenblatt said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/manchester-synagogue-attacker-pledged-allegiance-islamic-state-police-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MANCHESTER SYNAGOGUE ATTACKER &#8216;PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMIC STATE,&#8217; POLICE SAY<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762546748_42_mamdani-brooklyn.png\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani spoke to supporters at a canvass launch event in Prospect Park Aug. 17, 2025.\u00a0 (Deirdre Heavey\/Fox News Digital)<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to Mamdani\u2019s team for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to launching a tip line for Jewish New Yorkers to report antisemitism, the ADL said it will increase its research to focus on the mayor-elect&#8217;s appointments to his administration, which could affect what policies are implemented.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Mamdani Monitor&#8221; has drawn criticism from some, including Jewish groups. J Street, a liberal pro-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/topics\/world\/religion\/judaism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jewish advocacy<\/a> organization, called the tracker &#8220;alarming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s alarming to see the ADL announce a \u2018tracker\u2019 of antisemitism aimed at Mamdani and the Conference of Presidents issue an extraordinary set of statements while not applying equal scrutiny to Trump \u2014 despite his long record of using antisemitism and bigotry for political gain,&#8221; the group wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need our communal institutions to fight hate in all its forms wherever it comes from \u2014 not selective fear inflation aimed at scoring political points or stoking communal panic.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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