Former New York City mayor Eric Adams criticized his successor, Zohran Mamdani, for revoking executive orders on antisemitism as part of a sweeping nullification of many of Adams’s orders on his first day in office.
Mamdani was inaugurated at the start of 2026. Following the inaugural ceremonies, he issued an executive order that revoked all executive orders Adams implemented since September 26, 2024, when Adams was indicted for corruption. The charges were later dropped.
The revoked orders included an order implementing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which includes some forms of Israel criticism.
Also revoked was an order opposing the campaign to boycott Israel.
In a post on X, Adams shares a letter by a Jewish group criticizing that action.
He writes in his post that Mamdani “promised a New Era and unity today. This isn’t new. And it isn’t unity.”
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