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NY governor says she told Mamdani he has ‘a lot of healing to do with the Jewish community’
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she told New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani that he needs to make amends with the city’s Jews.
Hochul tells MSNBC that she told Mamdani, “‘You have a lot of healing to do with the Jewish community. Many of your words have been hurtful and hateful to people in their interpretation.'”
Mamdani caused repeated controversies with his anti-Israel rhetoric during the city’s mayoral primary campaign, and in particular with his refusal to condemn the phrase “Globalize the intifada.”
“No one should have to worry about being in the city and feeling less safe because of who the mayor is and their religious beliefs. So that was important. I raised that concern,” Hochul says.
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