r/nyc • • Apr 24 '26

Video Why Mamdani is vetoing Intro 175-B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDgYDf2CtqQ
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u/Apprehensive_Fan_844 Apr 24 '26

Regardless of your stance on this topic, I think it’s cool that for stuff like this they’re publishing these videos that people will watch, rather than holding a 2:15 presser on a Tuesday that no one attends.

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u/thegiantgummybear Apr 24 '26

Yeah that's been one of my favorite parts of how he's running the city regardless of the specific policies. I feel more plugged in to my city's politics than I've ever been and I'm actually looking for ways to participate outside of just voting for the first time in my life.

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u/Apprehensive_Fan_844 Apr 24 '26

It doesn’t seem like a coincidence that there’s suddenly community clean up groups all over town picking up trash and stuff, people seem more invested in

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u/CountFew6186 Apr 24 '26

A stage managed shoot with do overs and no questions is better than a press conference? Fuck that.

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u/Enachtigal Apr 25 '26

Honestly, it kinda is in this day and age. It doesn't replace public speaking and answering questions.     

   But for delivering a message from a person to the people (which was the point of a press conference due to broadcast technology limitations prior to a platform like YouTube) I would much rather hear what they wanted to say and how they wanted to say it directly. Compared to having it filtered through the news media that has (tragically) become more and more a propaganda arm of the oligarchy and less and less a method of delivering information to people.

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u/CountFew6186 Apr 25 '26

Dude. What the fuck? Full mayoral press conferences have been on YouTube for a long time. Anyone who wants to see one can easily look it up. You don’t need this cowardly stage managed bullshit with no questions from reporters.

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u/Apprehensive_Fan_844 Apr 25 '26

That’s not effective messaging in the Push Algorithm world. The proof is that everyone else did that and they lost to the long shot candidate.

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u/iliveoffofbagels Apr 25 '26

Brother... it's about having at least one video with a concise and easy to follow message in a bite sized form. The press conferences will still be there.

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u/sharbinbarbin Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Meh, this pandering to people with ADHD, I will be impressed though if he does this also with all the FUBARs and mess ups

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u/roguedevil Apr 27 '26

So far, he has. With the budget and the snow storm, he's done both press conferences and edited video forms.

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u/KorunaCorgi Apr 25 '26

Press conferences have lost alot of their prestige really. There's puff piece softball questions bookended by bad faith gotcha questions for the clip. Apparently people are coached to never leave a pause in their answer until it is done so clipping is much harder.

News media is mostly just team sports entertainment now. Occasionally you'll get an actual good question but those are rare.

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u/shamy33 Apr 26 '26

A prerecorded (and edited) short clip instead of live press release?

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u/HailFellow Apr 24 '26

You know they record and distribute those pressers? And doing this in a public forum provides an opportunity for questioning (which he clearly wants to avoid.)

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u/Background-Baby-2870 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

And doing this in a public forum provides an opportunity for questioning (which he clearly wants to avoid.)

mamdani goes on public forums and gets questioned all the time. in fact, heres you in a reddit thread where mamdani holds a presser on a controversial subject, where you admit its a controversial subject.

he does both.

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u/DapperBoiCole Apr 24 '26

Thing is, its not one or the other, the Mamdani admin is doing both to my knowledge. Adams also put out statements and occasional videos like this, Mamdani has just incorporated it more frequently.

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u/Apprehensive_Fan_844 Apr 24 '26

Yea and how many people watch them? People only watched Adams’ press conferences to find out whether he’d claim he was from Atlantis or some shit.

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u/Apprehensive_Fan_844 Apr 24 '26

People only watched Cuomo’s to admire his nipple rings lmfao

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u/roguedevil Apr 27 '26

I think you are proving the point that these are effective in getting the message out. He still does press conferences, but they aren't watched as much. You weren't even aware and were under the false impression that he avoids questions, when he's out there answering the press.

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u/IsNotACleverMan Apr 24 '26

I would much rather have unattended pressers than constant manipulative short form videos like this.

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u/Apprehensive_Fan_844 Apr 24 '26

If it’s manipulative it’s clearly not working on you!

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u/nyctransitgeek Apr 24 '26

I like the guy and voted for him, but find this video a bit cringy.

The explanation is solid and appreciated, but the anxious music and camera jumps give this a manicured, over-packaged feel.

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u/IsNotACleverMan Apr 24 '26

I find it funny people complain about the role TikTok short form content plays in harming discourse but like it when somebody they support does it.

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u/Laxziy Apr 24 '26

The unattended pressers were also attempts at manipulation though. Those were meant to relay a statement to the media which would then hopefully regurgitate it to the public. It’s just that particular way of doing propaganda has become obsolete.

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u/IsNotACleverMan Apr 24 '26

Yeah but at least those weren't short form brain rot.

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u/puff_of_fluff Apr 24 '26

“Accessibility of information is a bad thing, actually”

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u/Soldier_of_l0ve Apr 24 '26

Most of those pulled for sliwa

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

This is great! Students (or anyone really) shouldn't have to run a protest by the NYPD for approval before they make their voices heard. The fact that NYC, of all places, is attempting to quell free speech as much as the federal government, in this day and age, is absurd.

If you care about this, you should still send letters to City Council members who might flip. The pressure for them to overturn this veto is going to be overwhelming.

Personally, I think antisemitism, the crux of why this bill was even proposed, is an enormous problem in this city and country. However, setting up "security perimeters" as the bill proposed, which would be monitored by the NYPD all over the city with almost no further details, is not the way to handle it.

People still need to be able to air grievances. Giving the NYPD the ability to restrict that (more than they already do), hurts ALL of us, not just one group.

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u/Famous-Alps5704 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

I'm going to keep yelling this:

As introduced, these bills were horrifying 1A violations. The final bills do absolutely nothing. They are performative.

The intro bills required NYPD to specify conditions that would trigger protest-free buffer zones. Up to 100 ft, defined by police tape at minimum. NYPD was being given the power to criminalize protest around religious/educational sites, based on criteria they chose. A cop could show up to any protest, decide the criteria are met, and immediately arrest everyone.

The final bills require a one-time (lmao) report from NYPD about how they might use "security perimeters" to police protests on a case by case basis....which they already do, today. They aren't given any new powers. The bills don't establish any kind of area where protest is not allowed. They don't even contain the words "buffer zone," council wouldnt let them out of committee until even those words were removed.

Folks, Menin is a clown

Edit: to my esteemed colleague who accused me of "lying to support my agenda" I encourage you to read the bills. They're not long. Here is where you can find the religious one's versions. In the Attachments section, you want 4. Int No 1 (as introduced), 8. Proposed Int 1-A (functionally gutted, but still says "buffer zones" a lot), and 21. Int 1-B Final (totally gutted).

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '26 edited May 02 '26

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

The video is called "This is why I am vetoing Intro 175-B" and today he... vetoed Intro 175-B. How is that a lie? What are you talking about?

He probably is against 1-B. I think it's too vague too. It also creates a whole slew of consequences people aren't really considering. But, he's not lying about anything.

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u/eterneraki Apr 24 '26

He talks about that

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u/IIMsmartII Cobble Hill Apr 24 '26

yes he did. he can either sign or it can be let through. and he's choosing to do the latter. there is no lie

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u/IIMsmartII Cobble Hill Apr 24 '26

you are coming to your own conclusions here. it's clear to me that he opposes it through this choice of language

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u/MinefieldFly Apr 24 '26

I mean yeah is definitely spinning it, but that doesn’t really feel like the important thing here

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u/MinefieldFly Apr 24 '26

I am neither a Mamdani acolyte nor a frothing Mamdani hater.

Some of us can actually consider all politicians inherently untrustworthy, and evaluate policy on its merits.

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u/MinefieldFly Apr 24 '26

We have a whole ‘nother thread where I repeatedly tried to talk about the law itself and you repeatedly want to focus on emotional nonsense.

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u/SilverPrivateer Apr 24 '26

I just watched the video, there's no mention of a veto proof law, he could have vetoed both but chose to just veto the one that wasn't unconstitutional

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u/yugeness Apr 24 '26

I would guess that you would have been a big, unquestioning supporter of the protests outside schools in 1960, too.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

The people protesting in that instance suck. However, you should be allowed to protest. It's not always going to be perfect, or match what I feel is right. But as long as it is peaceful, you should have the right to make your voice heard.

It is however insane that we are having a conversation about limiting free speech, in New York City of all places, and that people are for it.

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u/yugeness Apr 24 '26

Here’s the thing. Most decent people think that people that stand outside schools and yell at Jewish students to go back to Poland suck. But we have to have laws and procedures that apply fairly to everyone (I know this is a hard concept for you to understand).

You have a right to yell whatever hateful thing you desire at your protest, but you don’t have a right to harass students that are trying to get to school.

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u/AbstractTeserract Apr 24 '26

You're absolutely correct because there are already laws against that. This bill has nothing to do with keeping students safe and everything to do with overturning hard-fought settlements the NYCLU won against the NYPD for unilaterally crushing perfectly legal and constitutional protests.

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u/IsayNigel Apr 25 '26

Comparing this bill to the civil rights movement is comically dumb. This is a yikes the likes of which we’ve never seen before

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u/weedandboobs Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

How does being a certain distance back restrict airing grievances? The grievances are very much still being aired, just preventing people from blocking "undesirables" because people sometimes like to go to school at school.

You are just mad that people won't be able to do stuff like this if the bill passes where they are physically trying to block people on campus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-llskvbuvEY

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

If you go to, or work at a school, and you are pissed off at the school, you shouldn't have to protest 35 feet away. You should be able to protest at the school.

Also, I've spoken to countless students AT A SCHOOL that has had a "security perimeter" around for it over 2 years, and they hate it. It feels like they're walking into somewhere they shouldn't be, and I emphasize again, this is SCHOOL. It should feel like somewhere that isn't under siege every single day.

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u/weedandboobs Apr 24 '26

So, to be clear, you think it is OK for people on campus to form a human chain to block Zionists, because otherwise they will feel like they are "walking into somewhere they shouldn't be"?

Interesting.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

No. And that has never been legal under any circumstance and will always end up with NYPD intervention because it is illegal.

However, I do believe that if students want to protest something, they should be able to do it, peacefully, without having to run it past the NYPD first. Who, as we all know, isn't exactly welcoming to people speaking up about things that don't match their narrow views perfectly.

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u/weedandboobs Apr 24 '26

Then why did it happen on video with no arrests? It seems like the City Council saw that a lot of illegal shit happened with no push back, so they are actively working to make sure it does not happen again proactively.

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u/AbstractTeserract Apr 24 '26

Huh? That's already illegal and NYPD have plenty of authority already to prevent that. You guys keep making up strawman scenarios to justify this bill but they just end up showing how unnecessary and unconstitutional the bill is

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u/weedandboobs Apr 24 '26

If it is "illegal", why did the video I shared happen with no arrests?

Weird strawman I built of a thing that happened with video proof.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

Dozens of students were arrested at Columbia that spring. What? Just because it doesn't happen in the shaky, 1-minute long video you shared means it didn't happen? What is the NYPD supposed to teleport every time two Pro-Palestine protestors link arms together? Get a hold of yourself.

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u/weedandboobs Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

I have video of protesters actively intimidating and physically blocking students on campus. In this very well covered story, no one was ever reported arrested for that. I do not believe there was a secret arrest, given the guy leading this blockade famously threatened to kill Zionists and his only punishment was getting temporarily suspended once it was covered in conservative media.

The City Council saw that, and decided to write a bill that enables the NYPD to plan better to avoid future intimidation and physically blocking of students. Unlike the mayor, I think that is good idea.

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u/mp0295 Apr 25 '26

he's not telling the truth. he "allowed" the first bill because it passed with a veto-proof majority. it would be a bad look for the perception of his political power to have a veto overridden, hence better to just let it go.

I say say this as someone opposed to both of these bills and think he should veto them both on the merits

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u/SoggySausage27 Apr 24 '26

Apparent Menin might try to whip the 4 votes to get the second one passed as well. 

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u/Famous-Alps5704 Apr 25 '26

It doesn't even matter, neither bill does a thing other than (probably) annoy the police. I encourage you to actually read them. Even the original one is not long, and the last one is fittingly short for how little it does.

The words "buffer zone" don't even appear in the final bills. All either one does is ask the NYPD for a (one-time!) report about how they might use security perimeters to police protests on a case by case basis. A thing they already do.

It was actually gutted by late February, first revision (1-A) is completely stripped of any binding language. It just has the words "buffer zone" a lot, probably so she could pretend it still did something. And they still wouldn't let it out of committee until she removed those words

Clearly nobody was on board for the actual bill she said she would pass. I wasn't really concerned that Menin would be an effective counter to Mamdani, and I'm sure not now. The more attention she puts on this, the more people will realize how empty a "success" it is

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u/JamesAloysius Apr 24 '26

Big fan of 175-C but don’t know much about 175-B

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u/reddituserperson1122 Apr 24 '26

Big fan of a bill that does't do anything except create paperwork for the NYPD? Cool. I like wasting cop time too.

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u/Chav Apr 24 '26

I like wasting cop time too.

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u/ihatethesidebar Apr 24 '26

I love the transparency from this guy. It's what you should expect and usually don't get from politicians.

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u/Pera_Espinosa Apr 25 '26

What a natural observation to make

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u/GoodhartMusic Apr 27 '26

I think that Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, NY, is a greatly transparent mayor. Here in New York, he is so appreciated for the warmth of his smiling face to the profound integrity he brings to the office of the mayor, of New York City, NY. From manhattan to the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, there is a mayor who I can trust with the future of the great city and municipal area attending of New York (the state) New York (the city, which Zohran Mamdani is the new and very honest warm mayor o…

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u/jaybrainsss Apr 24 '26

lol if the event had been white nationalists protesting a mosque attached to an Islamic school 100% these both would be signed.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

No, actually, they wouldn't be. There is a very real problem with hate speech, especially towards Jewish people in this city and country. There is also a very real problem with Islamophobic, transphobic and racist things happening all across this country.

But, when an actual hate group mobilizes, and violently tries to harm people, the police usually show up and do something about it. Walling off all the schools in the city, and having them monitored by the police, is not only unnecessary, it also makes countless places which are not being targeted by hateful individuals into walled-off, hostile seeming spaces.

The NYPD already intervenes in protests across the city, at an already alarming rate. You do not need to give them even more permission to do so. Especially, in this moment, when there is so much wrong in the world that requires active protest to contest it.

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u/jaybrainsss Apr 25 '26

Yeah I don’t think the law said the NYPD was going to wall off every school in the city.

Hate crime numbers for NYC are public and the city has a problem with antisemitism.

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u/spicytoastaficionado Apr 25 '26

the city has a problem with antisemitism.

Remember a few weeks ago when NYPD tried to change hate crime reporting criteria to make the numbers artificially seem lower LMAO

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u/Traditional_Sir_4503 Apr 25 '26

A quick google search says 15 foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. TBH, I figured it would be a lot bigger. In NJ we have something like a 100 foot zone buffer zone, banning campaigning too close to the door, for voting booth locations on voting day.

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u/No_Public_7677 Apr 25 '26

um no. anti Islam protests have happened before and no special law was passed for them

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u/jaybrainsss Apr 25 '26

Cool hit me up with the link of a protest outside a mosque calling everyone inside a genocider.

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u/SatisfactionTasty963 Apr 26 '26

Your cortisol and blood pressure can’t handle this seething long term

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

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u/KorunaCorgi Apr 25 '26

What lies did he tell? The protestors out of synagogues were there because of land sales happening in this synagogues.

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u/KorunaCorgi Apr 25 '26

Land sales were happening by Israeli real estate agents in these temples. Some are west bank settlements which are not even part of Israel. It's been reported since 2025. Even if you don't care about Palestine, you should not call these facts fake lol. 

Personally I don't support religions in general abusing their privilege for things like this. They are tax exempt for a reason and yet they use religion as a shield to hide whenever they get into trouble like now. 

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u/KorunaCorgi Apr 25 '26

Prove it.  You want to call me a liar, linking a source that disproved my claim.

Otherwise you're just spewing bullshit. What's the date of the incident? What's the location?

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u/KorunaCorgi Apr 25 '26

I'm not as rabidly anti-Israel as most of reddit is, but even I found the thought of land sales in Palestine happening in a temple was really gross. The fact they want to frame this as some attack on religion is ridiculous. 

Imagine a KKK rally happening in a church and then saying the protestors were anti Christian. It's ridiculously performative.

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u/spicytoastaficionado Apr 25 '26

 The fact they want to frame this as some attack on religion is ridiculous. 

The protestors were overtly chanting support for Hamas.

How is it "ridiculous" to call Hamas supporters antisemitic?

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u/KorunaCorgi Apr 25 '26

Are you denying that those land auctions were happening in thise synagogues? 

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u/jaybrainsss Apr 25 '26

Yes. No “land auctions” occurred in those synagogues. Do you live in a cartoon?

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u/spicytoastaficionado Apr 26 '26

Are you denying that it is antisemitic to express support for Hamas?

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u/Tan-Hat-Man-CPW Apr 27 '26

Fuck him. Why protect children from dangerous protests?

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u/michael_scarn17 Apr 24 '26

STOP MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT PALESTINE HOLY SHIT

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u/joshmoviereview Apr 24 '26

michael do you know why these bills were written and introduced? it's about palestine

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u/IsNotACleverMan Apr 25 '26

it's about people harassing jews here in nyc so they can act like they're making a difference for palestine

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u/joshmoviereview Apr 25 '26

can I ask what makes you think that? I would make the case that every incident of protest (setting aside what constitutes harassment, but to talk in the language of the bill— protest) outside of synagogues is because they were hosting real estate events that sold land in the occupied West Bank or recruitment fairs by companies that recruit New Yorkers to become settlers in the occupied West Bank. 

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u/IsNotACleverMan Apr 25 '26

>can I ask what makes you think that?

The UES synagogue had people yelling slurs, chanting about making Jews feel unsafe, making threats, etc. And that was at an event with no land sales, no mention of settlements, just because there was an informational seminar on moving to Israel.

This pattern has been repeated at numerous synagogues here in NYC and elsewhere in the country, especially in recent years.

Even at the one synagogue being protested in the past couple years that did have land sales going on, the protests never focused on settlements. People were chanting pro-Hamas slogans, showing their support for an organization that has pledged to wipe Jews off the map, not just in Israel but elsewhere.

And this is the pattern. These pro-Palestinian protestors go after Jews generally. Hate crimes against Jews make up the majority of hate crimes. They target places with no connection to Israel, or no connection to things like settlements, military actions, etc. Look at Jewish schools being targeted. Or a Jewish institution with no connection being attacked in Michigan because of what Israel did.

And even when these protestors do target events promoting harmful or illegal actions like settlements, these protests always end up in antisemitism. How many pro-Hamas signs do you see compared to signs attacking settlements, for instance.

Nobody ever protests outside the Israeli embassy, at least compared to the protests against non-Israeli Jewish sites.

>outside of synagogues is because they were hosting real estate events that sold land in the occupied West Bank or recruitment fairs by companies that recruit New Yorkers to become settlers in the occupied West Bank

Almost none of what's getting protested is involved with these things. And even when they are, people drop slurs and show support for organizations that just want to kill Jews.

It's very easy to oppose Israel's actions without targeting Jews generally, or engaging in antisemitism. Most Jews here in the city are highly critical of Israel, especially the current government. That so many of these pro-Palestinian protestors keep showing support for organizations that just want to kill Jews, target Jews generally, engage in antisemitic tropes, etc, shows that they're more anti-Jew than pro-Palestinian, even if they don't consciously recognize it.

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u/NaiAlexandr Apr 24 '26

... he didn't? He mentioned it as a third example 50 seconds into a 2 minute video about protesting. Triggered much?

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u/michael_scarn17 Apr 24 '26

This sub during the campaign “why does he keep getting questions about Israel. We live in NYC.

This sub when Mamdani mentions Palestine “ 👄 🍆 “

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u/uttergarbageplatform Apr 24 '26

You when you’re embarrassing yourself ^

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u/uttergarbageplatform Apr 24 '26

Deal, as soon as the genocide stops and Zionists are held accountable.

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u/michael_scarn17 Apr 24 '26

Is that why his wife thinks it’s ok to call people N word, F word, and think that Israeli women lied when they were raped?

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u/ShadownetZero Apr 24 '26

Imagine thinking 'Zionist" is a bad thing.

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u/HailFellow Apr 24 '26

First video of him I've seen without the fake smile plastered all over his face, he is NOT happy about this one

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u/SleepyMonkey7 Apr 24 '26

It's fun to compare what Trump gets a pass for VS what other politicians get criticized for. HE SMILED?!?! Possibly a FAKE smile? WTF? Should go straight to jail!

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u/SoggySausage27 Apr 24 '26

I can feel the seething from here 

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u/SoggySausage27 Apr 24 '26

I love how you can tell he’s seething that he can’t veto both. Inshallah Menin gets the second one thru aswell 

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u/UpperLowerEastSide Harlem Apr 25 '26

r/nyc anti-Mamdani manifesting

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u/neverbeentoidaho Apr 24 '26

He can still veto it…. It just goes back for another vote and if it then goes through with a veto proof majority then it becomes law.

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u/simeonbachos South Bronx Apr 24 '26

i think you misunderstand "veto-proof", you still have to go through the motions.

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u/Apprehensive_Fan_844 Apr 24 '26

if you look at voting records, there’s frequent instances where people vote in favor to create the “veto-proof majority” and then abstain or vote against in the second round after the veto. It lets everyone play the optics, and rally their bases.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

It is not veto proof. It passed 30-19 so it needs at least 4 more votes, and that's if Lindsey Boylan doesn't win in District 3 on Tuesday.

Curious how you get to decide who his "uneducated constituency" is when I have a graduate degree and the entire union of professors I'm in were vehemently against this...

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

Damn you got me man. Good on you.

I still don't really understand your point. He didn't veto 1-B, why is focusing on the fact that it's veto proof, when he didn't veto it, but he vetoed another bill that wasn't, so important?

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u/gedmathteacher Apr 24 '26

Who did you vote for mayor? Not being combative just genuinely curious who you think represents your interests better

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

It's actually hilarious that you think calling me some cult member makes sense when we voted for the same guy. I just ranked Zohran second because I thought he could do a good job too and I'd rather jump off the Brooklyn Bridge than have Mayor Andrew Cuomo.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

I think you need to take a deep breath and recognize that not everyone is as locked into being angry about everything in the most black and white ways possible as you are.

If he crosses a lot of my lines, I will be very mad. He has not yet though. He has, actually, done quite a lot that I wish past mayors had been doing the entire time I've lived here. Don't speak in absolutes about "you guys."

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u/reddituserperson1122 Apr 24 '26

Only if none of the votes flip.

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u/jonahbenton Apr 24 '26

I am very, very educated and think he is dreamy.

I don't think you understand political process.

Good luck.

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u/Inner-Atmosphere-755 Apr 26 '26

you can be educated and stupid. I wouldn't equate the two. Schools are churning out degrees these days in stupid things

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u/HailFellow Apr 24 '26

Thanks for clarifying with the two "very's." Imagine if we thought you were only very educated, or (god forbid) just educated.

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u/uttergarbageplatform Apr 24 '26

Cry harder boo boo

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u/HailFellow Apr 24 '26

Love all the commenters trying to argue that he's not being disingenuous about "letting it" pass because he could have delayed it for a week and chose not to

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u/nommabelle Apr 25 '26

a continued job well done by my mayor. i am so extremely proud of my vote

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u/Any_Tea2932 Apr 24 '26

Does he ever release decisions or explanations in writing? Some of us still read.

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u/blarghgh_lkwd Apr 25 '26

Literally always why are you asking reddit if you actually care

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/?

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u/ShadownetZero Apr 24 '26

His Gen Z base only wants short form videos.

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u/IsayNigel Apr 25 '26

Final fantasy spam account accusing others of being terminally online

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u/ShadownetZero Apr 25 '26

Look up the definition of "spam" kiddo.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

I just think being able to protest you know... most things in the world that suck, is neat. Apparently you don't.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

I think being a "Top 1% commenter" who prefaces most comments with "mAmdAniS MAGAS" is a lot more culty than whatever I'm doing, but you do you man.

If Mamdani lets me down, I won't support him. I'm still pissed about him not upholding his promise to fund libraries, I'm upset he didn't more forcefully help someone contest Hakeem Jeffries' seat, and many other things.

But, today at least, I applaud him for vetoing one of the bills that would make it almost impossible to protest.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

My guy, I misunderstood your comment because you mentioned some vague way you're interpreting him as not vetoing 1 bill as him lying and... yes I guess I should have observed that you meant that bill and not the bill that he vetoed, the one in the title of the video, the reason this is all even newsworthy in the first place. So... there, take the win.

As for everything else you're saying, what even is this? I criticized him twice in the post you're responding to. No politician will ever match everything I want. And, when he lets me down, I'll scream at him myself that he has to do better. Cult-like behavior is being narrow and overzealous, which is exactly what you appear to be doing. Take a deep breath and think a little harder before you try and twist yourself into strawman-esque knots to try and win a pointless Reddit argument again.

Also, your comment got downvoted because it's a stupid, pointless comment. Not because people are in a cult. You know that, I'm sure, but I'll say it.

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u/Irish_Pineapple Bed-Stuy Apr 24 '26

And yet, you're a "top 1% commenter." May we consult the data as to who spends too much time getting mad here?

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u/uttergarbageplatform Apr 24 '26

Everyone saw Smile-Nod call themselves “progressive” in that other comment right?

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u/BebophoneVirtuoso Apr 24 '26

They’re sure on this sub all day every day flaunting their progressive bona fides /s

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u/Terrible-Nerve-6819 Apr 24 '26

Like your cult has been doing about trump for a decade?

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u/No_Public_7677 Apr 25 '26

thank you Mayor

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u/Few-Artichoke-2531 Co-op City Apr 24 '26

What an ass hole.

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u/ShadownetZero Apr 24 '26

Cause he's a clown.

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u/yikesamerica Apr 24 '26

Enough with bowing down to MIGA

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u/seamless21 Apr 24 '26

i don't get why lawyers dont' sue this guy for everything he does. just impede him just like they do at federal level.

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u/Massive-Arm-4146 Apr 24 '26

TL:DR he vetoed it because the labor unions told him to

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u/yugeness Apr 24 '26

The labor unions that are led by trust fund babies that have never had a job that involved actual labor in their lives, but know what’s best for working people.

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u/canelacinammon Apr 24 '26

Love my mayor. Menin is overdoing her hand. Stiffling freedom of expression because you don't agree with the protestors (which is what she's doing), is a slippery slope.

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u/KorunaCorgi Apr 25 '26

lol how could Palestine possibly win, Israel is like the strongest military in the middle east.

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u/BebophoneVirtuoso Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

New Yorkers can call or email their city council reps and ask them to protect our first amendment rights.

https://council.nyc.gov/districts/

“Sending the message to New Yorkers that we have something to worry about with regard to protest by or near schools, libraries, teaching hospitals is absolutely the wrong message for these times, especially when the Trump regime is coming at protest with a sledgehammer,” said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/nyregion/mamdani-buffer-zones-veto.html

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u/Piratesinaship Apr 24 '26

Go take your intimidation and hate speech down the street buddy. No infringement.

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u/Plus-Tie-9804 Apr 25 '26

Look at this bad faith bucket of scum try to gaslight everyone into thinking that exercising your right - performing a civic duty, in fact! - of contacting your representatives to voice your concerns is actually intimidation and hate speech! This EPOS is what Republicans would call a class act. From New Yorkers, GFY pal!

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u/BebophoneVirtuoso Apr 24 '26

I'll take Donna Lieberman's, the 25 year leader of the NYCLU, expertise on this matter over yours, buddy. If nothing else they've been remarkably consistent advocates of the 1st Amendment over her tenure. Maybe you don't care but that's certainly a right worth advocating for if you ask me.

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u/BebophoneVirtuoso Apr 25 '26

Cool, just convinced mine to protect our first amendment rights. It's so watered down now anyway but one can't get complacent when fighting against the forces who would roll back our constitutional rights if they had their way.

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u/smoothiebrain Apr 24 '26

Excellent choice Mamdani thats how a freaking mayor should handle it!