Jon Levine writes for the Washington Free Beacon about another questionable action from New York City’s mayor.
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.”
