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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the media in City Hall, New York City, December 15, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
January 16, 2026, 12:38 pm
Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ new cryptocurrency loses 75% of value within a day
Insiders say Adams’s former adviser Frank Carone and real estate investor Yosef Sefi Zvieli involved in NYC Token; some experts say rollout looked like ‘rug pull’
By Jake Offenhartz
Former NYC mayor Eric Adams announces the launch of a new cryptocurrency, "NYC Token," which he says will aid in the fight against antisemitism, January 12, 2026. (Screenshot via Fox 5 New York on YouTube)
January 13, 2026, 1:01 pm
Ex-NYC mayor Eric Adams launches cryptocurrency, says it will fight antisemitism
Profits made by ‘NYC Token’ will go to nonprofits battling hatred, Adams says; coin’s value spikes, then plummets, in first hour of trading, drawing suspicions of a ‘rug pull’ scam
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives at City Hall in New York, January 2, 2026. (AP/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
January 3, 2026, 12:24 am
Leading Jewish groups issue warning as Mamdani cuts antisemitism protections on first day
Unusually broad alliance of organizations criticizes NY mayor for revoking IHRA antisemitism definition, anti-BDS measure; US Holocaust Museum: Revocation ‘should alarm everyone’
By Luke Tress
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks after taking the oath of office during his inauguration, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
January 2, 2026, 4:49 am
Mamdani revokes IHRA antisemitism definition on day 1, amid broad rejection of Adams orders
NYC mayor nullifies swath of predecessor’s actions, including some related to Jewish community and one that opposed the campaign to boycott Israel; retains Office to Combat Antisemitism
By Luke Tress
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the media in City Hall, New York City, December 15, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
January 1, 2026, 1:50 am
NYC mayor releases blueprint for combating antisemitism, a day before Mamdani sworn in
Eric Adams’s Office to Combat Antisemitism issues recommendations for opposing discrimination against Jews, drawing some implicit comparisons with his anti-Zionist successor
By Luke Tress
New York City Mayor Eric Adams praying at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, November 16, 2025. (Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office via AP)
December 29, 2025, 11:46 pm
NYC’s Adams says he’ll fight antisemitism with cryptocurrency after leaving office
Outgoing mayor says he is a ‘big technology person’ but does not provide details on plan to use digital currency to ‘go after hate in a real way’
By Luke Tress
New York City Mayor Eric Adams hosts a Hanukkah Celebration and menorah lighting at the New York County Surrogate’s Courthouse in Manhattan, December 15, 2025. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
December 17, 2025, 1:11 am
Declaring himself a ‘Maccabee,’ NYC’s Adams bids farewell to Jewish allies on Hanukkah
Holiday party hosted by pro-Israel mayor marks his final public Jewish event in office, as incoming Mamdani administration portends seismic shift for City Hall’s relationship with Jews
By Luke Tress
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the creation of an antisemitism task force in City Hall, New York City, May 13, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
December 4, 2025, 10:57 pm
NYC Mayor Adams signs anti-BDS order weeks before Mamdani takes office
Along with second measure on limiting protests at houses of worship, new order will present challenge to incoming mayor as New York Jews contend with sea change
By Luke Tress
Screen capture from video of Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann giving a lecture, 2022. (YouTube)
December 3, 2025, 12:29 pm
NYC school said to decline Holocaust survivor’s talk over ‘messages on Israel, Palestine’
Principal told parent Sami Steigmann’s opinions would not be ‘right’ for school, but they’d be happy to explore other speakers on antisemitism; office of Mayor Eric Adams agrees
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog meets with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, November 17, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 17, 2025, 4:01 pm
Outgoing New York Mayor Adams meets Israeli leaders, who hail him as a ‘true friend’
Herzog hosts visiting politician, expresses concern over city’s future with Mamdani set to take office; Adams: ‘If I were a Jewish New Yorker, I’d be concerned about my children’
By Nava Freiberg
FDNY Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker speaks during a World Trade Center Memorial Wall dedication at the FDNY Headquarters on September 9, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago /Getty Images via AFP)
November 6, 2025, 5:34 pm
NYC’s Jewish fire commissioner resigns, reportedly over Mamdani’s Israel criticism
Robert Tucker, who traveled to Israel on Wednesday, says he will end his term on December 19; source tells New York Post it was due to mayor-elect’s anti-Israel stance
By ToI Staff
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves to Rita Bellevue as she waits at a bus stop in New York, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
November 1, 2025, 2:59 pm
From the subway to social media, NYC mayoral candidates make closing arguments to voters
Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa hit the streets to convince New Yorkers to cast ballots in their favor with early voting set to end Sunday, Election Day on Tuesday
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the creation of an antisemitism task force in City Hall, New York City, May 13, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 31, 2025, 1:22 am
NYC mayor warns antisemitism spreading ‘like a cancer’ across city
As mayoral election campaign nears end, Eric Adams says ‘we must bring down the temperature,’ takes shot at anti-Israel Mamdani, in speech focused on anti-Jewish discrimination
By Luke Tress
New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends an event at the NYPD's 40th precinct on February 20, 2025, in the Bronx borough of New York. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
October 30, 2025, 6:35 am
NYC mayor compared anti-Israel protests after Oct. 7 to KKK rallies, lawsuit says
Former staffer for Eric Adams alleges mayor criticized Muslim community for not condemning Hamas because they were ‘too busy organizing protests for Palestine’
By Luke Tress
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx mosque in New York on Friday, October 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
October 25, 2025, 7:56 am
Mamdani defends Muslim identity against ‘baseless’ attacks by Cuomo and others
Candidate accuses opponents of leaning into Islamophobia, says Muslim New Yorkers have long faced indignities, cites his aunt’s decision not to ride the subway after the September 11 attacks
By Jake Offenhartz
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