{"id":43805,"date":"2025-07-28T23:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/43805\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T23:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:58:13","slug":"mark-levine-plans-to-restore-nyc-pension-investment-in-israeli-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/43805\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Levine Plans to Restore NYC Pension Investment in Israeli Bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mark_levine_in_focus.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mark_levine_in_focus-696x391.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"mark_levine_in_focus\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Mark Levine, the Democratic nominee expected to become New York City\u2019s next comptroller, says he will bring back the city\u2019s investment in Israeli government bonds\u2014undoing the current policy under Comptroller Brad Lander.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/2020\/01\/07\/vin-whatsapp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tJoin our WhatsApp group<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Lander had allowed nearly $40 million in Israeli bonds to mature without reinvestment, ending a decades-long practice. Levine criticized that decision, noting that New York City\u2019s pension funds are now out of step with others across the country. \u201cWe\u2019re the only major system not invested in Israel Bonds,\u201d he said, emphasizing their value as a stable and responsible part of a global investment strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Lander has maintained that his move was based on financial considerations, not politics. But his approach has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum, including from former Comptroller Scott Stringer, who pointed out that Israeli bonds have a strong track record and accused Lander of letting ideology influence investment decisions.<\/p>\n<p>If elected, Levine says he will return New York City\u2019s pension funds to investing in Israeli bonds, aligning with systems like the New York State pension fund, which currently holds over $360 million in such assets.<\/p>\n<p>Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2013 Mark Levine, the Democratic nominee expected to become New York City\u2019s next comptroller, says he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[28,147,530],"class_list":["post-43805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}