The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and the Republican Jewish Coalition both came out with strongly worded statements amid Zohran Mamdani's sweeping victory in Tuesday's New York City elections, while the Anti-Defemation League said it expects "the mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in the world to stand unequivocally against antisemitism in all its varied forms and support all of its Jewish residents just as he would all other constituents."
Chief Government Affairs Officer at CAM, Lisa Katz, a former New Castle Town Supervisor, stated, "Jewish New Yorkers are right to be alarmed by today's victory of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, whose radical outlook and history of antisemitic rhetoric should concern all New Yorkers."
The CAM official noted, "The Jewish community continues to face unprecedented antisemitic threat levels." Katz warned that "barring an improbable 180-degree ideological about-face from Mamdani, Jews in New York City will lack an ally in City Hall come January."
"If past is prologue, a Mamdani administration will refuse to recognize as antisemitism hate that vilifies and demonizes Jews on the basis of the Jewish people's connection to Israel," Katz's statement continued.
"The Combat Antisemitism Movement stands with New York's Jewish community and will vigilantly monitor the new administration, together with our partners," Katz added, noting that "CAM works on a daily basis with mayors across the country who are proving real leadership... While New York City may lack such leadership come January, the election results have only deepened CAM's commitment to ensuring that the city government keeps all New Yorkers, including Jewish New Yorkers, safe."
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) reacted with a statement saying, "It's official. Zohran Mamdani is the face of the Democratic Party now. Democratic 'leaders', including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Governor Kathy Hochul, have handed their party over to what was once the radical leftwing fringe."
It added, "This is a deeply distressing result for New Yorkers, particularly Jewish New Yorkers, but in fact this election will affect all of us," the RJC continued. The group stressed, "The national Democratic Party owns this election and all its results, and voters across the country will hold them accountable when they vote in 2026 and 2028."
"We've said it before and we'll say it again: There is only ONE party in this country fighting antisemitism and supporting Israel, and it is the Republican Party," it continued. "While Republicans loudly condemn antisemitism, Democrats have shamefully endorsed and elected an antisemite to run the largest city in America with the largest number of Jews in the country," the RJC statement said, warning that New Yorkers will now have "a mayor who took money from terror-supporting Islamist organizations... who is virulently anti-capitalism, anti-police, and anti-Israel, and who will not lift a finger to protect Jewish New Yorkers from the 'globalize the intifada' crowd."
The press release from the RJC concluded, "This is a dark day for the City of New York, and the Democrats own all of it."
Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO and national director of the ADL, issued a statement regarding the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor. "In light of Mayor-elect Mamdani's long, disturbing record on issues of deep concern to the Jewish community, we will approach the next four years with resolve," Greenblatt said, according to the ADL.
The ADL chief continued, "We expect the mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in the world to stand unequivocally against antisemitism in all its varied forms and support all of its Jewish residents just as he would all other constituents."
"In the months ahead, we will hold the Mamdani Administration to this basic standard, and ADL will be relentless and unyielding in our work to ensure the safety and security of all Jewish New Yorkers," Greenblatt's statement added, per the ADL. "We will neither compromise nor relent in our pursuit of our core purpose, to protect the Jewish people," the ADL statement concluded.
