Mayor Adams said Thursday he plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York next week, and slammed mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promise to arrest him.

The meeting, during next week’s United Nations General Assembly, underscores the difference between Adams and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani , who continues to say that as mayor he’d direct the New York Police Department to arrest Netanyahu on an international warrant.

Adams, who is pursuing a long-shot bid for re-election, has long been a strong supporter of Israel. While Israel is a strong ally of the United States, Netanyahu has drawn international ire for Israel’s continuing military campaign in Gaza, now approaching two years since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. Israel this week mo

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