Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made no secret of his hostility to Israel, and it’s starting to bleed into New York City’s government.
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has quietly pulled an official landing page promoting New York City’s business ties to Israel, the Washington Free Beacon can reveal.
The page, which dates back to former mayor Eric Adams’s administration, once lived on the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) website and touted the city’s close business and cultural ties to Israel—relations which had been a priority for Adams.
“The ties between New York City and Israel start with our people. Over 20,000 Israelis call NYC home. Additionally, NYC has the largest Jewish population of any metropolitan area in the world outside of Israel. And with New York City’s unique ties to Israel—including the 30 Israeli-founded tech unicorns based here—there is no better place in North America to launch or expand your business,” the EDC boasted just last year.
“As of 2023, there are 97 Israeli-founded companies that have reached ‘unicorn’ status, as their value surpassed the $1B threshold. 30 of these companies have established presence in New York City – up from 5 in 2019. More and more, Israeli startups are identifying New York City as a launching pad, equipped with the space and talent to scale their businesses to new heights,” the page continued.
Mamdani—a longtime antagonist to Israel who has falsely accused the country of committing genocide, refused to disavow the slogan “globalize the intifada,” which he says is “misunderstood,” and said he’d have the NYPD arrest Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he set foot in Gotham—appears to be less interested in promoting New York’s Israel ties, as the page was quietly disappeared sometime after he took office.
Those looking for the page today will instead be greeted by a message reading “access denied.”
During his mayoral campaign, Mamdani vowed to sever ties between Israel and New York City where he could.
In October 2025, Mamdani told Bloomberg News that he would end the New York City-Israel Economic Council. The council was established by Adams to “strengthen economic ties and promote innovation between the two governments.”
In February, Mamdani-world used its influence to boot a company supplying drones to Israel from its lease at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. On his first day in office, Mamdani revoked executive orders from his predecessor that recognized the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism and limited city agencies from participating in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel.
The EDC is a public benefit, nonprofit organization that has existed since 1991. Its purpose is to promote economic growth in the city’s five boroughs and manage city-owned real estate.
Leadership and other members of the EDC are appointed by the mayor—and his office exerts great sway over the corporation, City Hall insiders told the Free Beacon.
Mamdani has so far not named his pick to lead the EDC, and Jeanny Pak, a holdover from the Adams administration, is currently serving as its interim president and CEO. Mamdani has vowed to remake the agency into a vehicle to advance his agenda.
“We know what we’re looking for,” Julie Su, the deputy mayor for economic justice who is overseeing the search, told Gothamist last month.
The EDC has a long history of promoting economic and investment ties with other nations—though only Israel appears to have been purged. Similar pages touting investment in Japan, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom were unaffected.
“Anti-Israel activism is an obsession that clouds judgment. Israeli companies have brought cutting-edge technology, life-saving medical innovation, and more than 27,000 jobs to New York City. Pushing them away punishes everyday New Yorkers,” said Moshe Davis, who led the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism until being sacked by Mamdani earlier this year.
Representatives for the EDC and Mamdani’s office did not respond to requests for comment from the Free Beacon.
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