Chair of NYC’s Jewish caucus and antisemitism task force says Mamdani invoked ‘age-old antisemitic tropes’

New York City Councilmember Eric Dinowitz, the chair of the city council’s Jewish caucus and the council’s Bipartisan Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made antisemitic statements about AIPAC last week.

Mamdani last week likened AIPAC to “monsters” and accused the pro-Israel lobby of spending “millions in dark money” to “turn us against one another” and enact “genocide.”

The comments sparked an outpouring of criticism that has been mounting since Mamdani doubled down on the comments yesterday.

Dinowitz, a moderate Democrat representing part of the Bronx, says Mamdani’s words “invoke age-old antisemitic tropes while ignoring the reality of super PAC spending across our political system.”

Monsters. Money. Power. These words invoke age-old antisemitic tropes while ignoring the reality of super PAC spending across our political system, including PACs supporting his endorsed candidates. We should reject rhetoric that inflames hatred, no matter who uses it. 1/2 https://t.co/K6XTVQ5Mhn

— Eric Dinowitz (@EricDinowitz) June 23, 2026

“We should reject rhetoric that inflames hatred, no matter who uses it,” Dinowitz says in a statement. “People are entitled to strong opinions and sharp disagreements. But this kind of demonization and dehumanization causes real harm to NYers and does not advance understanding, constructive dialogue, or coexistence, values this administration repeatedly claimed to champion.”