NYC Mayor Eric Adams Issues Order Banning Israel Divestment (2)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a pair of executive orders aimed at addressing antisemitism, his office said, weeks before Zohran Mamdani takes his place.

Adams, who recently returned from a trip to Israel, issued an executive order prohibiting city agency heads and mayoral appointees from “engaging in procurement practices that discriminate against the State of Israel, Israeli citizens, or those associated with Israel.” It also bars city pension administrators and trustees from “opposing divestment from bonds and other assets that would discriminate against the State of Israel, Israeli citizens, or those associated with Israel,” the order states.

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