Mayor Eric Adams announced an executive order Wednesday barring New York City from making business or pension investment decisions that discriminate against Israel — in a veiled swipe at his BDS-supporting successor Zohran Mamdani.
The order puts Mayor-elect Mamdani — who supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel — on the spot as he would have to decide whether to support or rescind the order.
“This administration recognizes the benefit of maintaining a strong relationship between the city of New York and the state of Israel,” Adams said of the executive order, which he discussed Wednesday night at an event sponsored by the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in New Orleans.
A second executive order announced by the outgoing mayor Wednesday w

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