NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — A newly appointed key official in the upcoming Mamdani administration has resigned over resurfaced posts on the X social-media platform, just one day after her appointment was announced.<\/p>\n
Catherine (Cat) Almonte Da Costa was set to serve as the director of the Office of Appointments in the administration of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the Anti-Defamation League resurfaced posts on X from Da Costa from years ago that the organization describes as antisemitic and demeaning to Jewish people.<\/p>\n
Da Costa said in a statement that she apologized to Mamdani and that, because the matter is now a distraction, she has offered her resignation.<\/p>\n
“Catherine expressed her deep remorse over her past statements and tendered her resignation, and I accepted,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n
The ADL wants to know if Mamdani knew about the posts before hiring Da Costa.<\/p>\n
The administration says it was not aware of the posts.<\/p>\n
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