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"Senate Committee Launches Probe Into aSerious ConcernsA About Mamdani"

<https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/senate-committee-launches- probe-serious-concerns-mamdani-administration/>

'A Senate committee is investigating the administration of New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani over executive orders that made radical changes in
the cityAs definition of anti-Semitism and its position on boycotting
Israel.

Upon taking office, Mamdani, a Ugandan-born Muslim and avowed socialist, nullified pro-Israel executive orders signed by former Mayor Eric Adams.

As noted by the Daily News, one overturned order had adopted the
International Holocaust Remembrance AllianceAs definition of anti-
Semitism.

Another Adams order that Mamdani sent to the trash heap sought to oppose
the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has oserious concernso about the orescission of executive orders related to
antisemitism and boycotts of Israel,o according to the New York Post.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana has written Mamdani, seeking assurances that the revocations will not impact enforcement of civil
rights law, noting that $2.2 billion in federal education aid hangs in
the balance.

oAntisemitism is not an abstract concern in New York City; it is a lived reality for millions of students and residents, and its consequences are
very serious,o Cassidy wrote.

oDecisions by your administration that weaken established safeguards for Jewish students in New York and are out of alignment with federal
executive orders warrant careful scrutiny,o he said.

oJewish students deserve clear assurance that their safety and civil
rights will not be compromised by your administrationAs actions,o Cassidy wrote.

Cassidy said Mamdani was not accurate in saying the definition Adams
adopted was not widely shared.

oContrary to your public assertions that aa number of leading Jewish organizations have immense concerns around [the IHRA] definition,A many governments, international institutions, universities, NGOs, and private organizations widely recognize and encourage use of this definition to identify and address contemporary forms of antisemitism,o he wrote.

Cassidy said continued federal cash to the cityAs schools ois contingent
on compliance with federal civil rights laws and applicable executive
orders designed to protect students.o

Cassidy asked the mayor how he will fight anti-Semitism in schools and oprotect Jewish students,o and asked if the city oconsulted with the US Department of Education a the Department of Justice or any other federal agency regarding the potential funding implications of rescinding the IHRA-related executive order.o

The letter comes as a new report said a New York City Department of
Health working group is focused on genocide against Palestinians.

The oGlobal Oppression and Public Health Working Groupo met and was
urged to consider othe ongoing genocide in Palestine,o according to the
New York Post.

oWe really developed in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine,o
one presenter said.

A former aide to ex-three-term Mayor Mike Bloomberg was stunned that the Department of Health mission appeared to have veered suddenly from the
public health of New Yorkers to foreign policy.

oThis is shocking,o Mark Botnick, a former representative of Bloomberg
said. oIf these NYC Health Department staffers truly believe Israel is committing genocide, will they now boycott the Israeli pharmaceutical companies that make lifesaving drugs New Yorkers depend on?o

oOr is this just performative politics that has no place in a taxpayer-
funded public health agency?o Botnick, who is Jewish, said.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.'
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