New York’s Islamist Mayor:
HUNDREDS Rally Outside Gracie Mansion as Mamdani’s War on Jewish New Yorkers Reaches Boiling Point
As the DOJ sues UCLA for antisemitic violence against Jewish students, New Yorkers — Jews, Christians, Muslims, united — march on Mamdani’s residence demanding his removal. Human rights attorney Brooke Goldstein, Dr. Anila Ali, and hundreds more say: enough is enough.
⚠ The Case Against Mayor Zohran Mamdani
- Nullified executive orders adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism and NYPD buffer zones around houses of worship
- First NYC mayor in history to refuse to attend the annual Israel Day Parade — breaking a 62-year tradition
- Released a pro-Palestinian Nakba Day video condemned as antisemitic propaganda by major Jewish organizations
- Backed legislation targeting Jewish charities linked to West Bank settlements
- Refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state; avowed anti-Zionist and BDS supporter
- Under his watch, Jews remain the majority of hate crime victims in New York City
- His ally, Councilwoman Shahana Hanif, condemned Muslim protesters to “Jahannam” (hell) for standing with Jewish New Yorkers
NEW YORK CITY — In one of the most extraordinary scenes in recent New York history, nearly 1,000 New Yorkers — Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Iranians, Black, white, interfaith and united — converged on Gracie Mansion on Tuesday evening, May 26, 2026, in the first major protest ever held directly at the official residence of a New York City mayor. Their demand was unambiguous: remove Mayor Zohran Mamdani from office. What brought them there was a pattern of negligence, ideological extremism, and deliberate indifference to the safety of Jewish New Yorkers that critics say has no precedent in the city’s history.
The rally, organized by the Jewish civil rights group EndJewHatred (a project of the Lawfare Project) in coalition with the Israeli American Council, the Catholic League, the Zionist Organization of America, Hindus for Universal Human Rights, and interfaith Muslim organizations, drew its power not from any single grievance but from the cumulative weight of a mayor who has, critics say, systematically dismantled every protection put in place for Jewish New Yorkers — while anti-Jewish hate crimes continue to surge on his watch.
The DOJ’s Message: Jewish Civil Rights Are Not Optional
The rally outside Gracie Mansion came against the backdrop of a landmark federal action: the Department of Justice filing suit against the University of California, Los Angeles for deliberate indifference to antisemitic violence against Jewish and Israeli students — a case that human rights attorney Brooke Goldstein, founder of EndJewHatred and organizer of the Gracie Mansion rally, says is directly connected to the culture of anti-Jewish tolerance that figures like Mamdani have normalized.
The UCLA lawsuit details scenes from April 2024 that shocked the conscience of the nation: Jewish students beaten with sticks, doused with pepper spray, knocked unconscious, taken to the hospital with open head wounds — and blockaded from entering campus unless they denounced core tenets of their faith. Jewish student Eden reported being chased by an angry mob shouting profanities. Jewish student Noah Fay described professors accusing Israel of genocide while denying Hamas atrocities.
“Jewish rights are civil rights. We will aggressively enforce the civil rights of the Jewish population here in America.”
— Brooke Goldstein, Founder, EndJewHatredGracie Mansion: An Interfaith Army Arrives
Tuesday’s rally was not a Jewish protest. It was an American protest. Protesters carried American and Israeli flags. Chabad rabbis prayed beside Christians. Moderate Muslims stood shoulder to shoulder with Holocaust survivors’ grandchildren. Iranians in exile held signs reading “Remove Mamdani.” The crowd chanted: “Hey, hey, no, no, Mayor Mamdani’s got to go.” And: “From the river to the sea — New York City will be free.”
Goldstein, speaking from the rally, was direct about who organized it, why, and what they want next:
The rally featured speakers from across the ideological and religious spectrum. Hillary Barr, a real estate business owner, was unsparing: “He doesn’t believe that Israel has a right to exist and celebrates the day when he thinks Israel should have been destroyed. I am here as a tax-paying New Yorker to say: we will not tolerate that.” Attendee Lilly Icikson put it simply: “Anti-Zionism is a sad excuse for Jew-hate.”
Dr. Anila Ali: “You Have Become a Symbol of Terror and Hate”
Among the rally’s most powerful voices was Dr. Anila Ali — Muslim women’s rights activist, founder and CEO of AMMWEC — who addressed Mamdani directly and with devastating moral clarity.
The Mamdani Record: A Systematic Assault on Jewish New York
📋 Mayor Mamdani’s Record on Jewish New Yorkers
Clay Travis and Fox News: “The Definition of Passive”
📌 The Broader Warning — Two Decades of Campus Radicalization
Brooke Goldstein’s warning on Fox News goes beyond any single mayor or campus: for two decades, foreign-funded groups — including several designated as terrorist organizations — have been systematically radicalizing American students and communities. October 7th was not the cause. It was the trigger. The radicalization was already there, waiting. The election of an Islamist mayor in America’s largest city is, Goldstein argues, the direct result. And it will not stop in New York. “Foreign funding has come in. Groups that have been designated terrorists for 20 years are radicalizing our student population and our country — and this is the result.”
What New York — and America — Must Do Next
The organizers of Tuesday’s rally have been explicit: this is not the end. They are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to remove Mayor Mamdani from office on grounds of neglect of duty and refusal to enforce equal protection of the law for all New Yorkers. They are demanding the restoration of the IHRA definition of antisemitism and NYPD protective buffer zones. And they are calling for aggressive federal civil rights enforcement — the same kind that has now been brought to bear on UCLA — to be applied wherever Jewish Americans are denied their constitutional rights.
Goldstein put the stakes in terms that no American can afford to dismiss: “When you have pro-Hamas terrorist sympathizing mobs running rampant on our streets, blocking access to synagogues, engaging in assault and trespass — it is a problem for all Americans. Are we a city and a state that respects civil rights? Or one that allows rampant civil rights violations?”
Harris Faulkner of Fox News delivered the final word: “We’ve seen from Harvard — money always gets their attention. Not the violence, sadly.” The DOJ’s lawsuit against UCLA — demanding the repayment of hundreds of millions in federal grant money — is designed to change that calculus. For Mayor Mamdani, the message from New York’s streets on Tuesday night was the same: actions have consequences. And New York is watching.
Faith & Freedom News stands with every Jewish New Yorker, every moderate Muslim, every Christian, Hindu, and person of conscience who marched on Gracie Mansion Tuesday night. Your courage is America’s conscience. We will continue to report on this fight until justice is served.
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