In certainly one of his first acts as mayor, Zohran Mamdani on Thursday revoked 9 govt orders his predecessor, Eric Adams, issued after his federal corruption indictment, a transfer that undid actions pertaining to every little thing from antisemitism and immigration to New York Metropolis’s horse carriage trade.
In a press launch, Mamdani’s staff stated the mayor rescinded the orders issued by Adams after his Sept. 26, 2024, indictment to make sure his administration has a “fresh start.”
Elaborating on the transfer at a night press convention in Brooklyn simply hours after his inauguration, Mamdani stated he picked the indictment date because the cutoff as a result of, he advised, govt actions Adams took after that have been tainted.
“We have to reckon with why so many New Yorkers have turned away from politics over the last few months, the last few years, the last few decades, and that was a date that marked a moment when many New Yorkers decided that politics held nothing for them,” the mayor stated.
Mayor Eric Adams is pictured at Hunter School Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in New York Metropolis. (Barry Williams / New York Each day Information)
Adams’ indictment, which charged him with taking bribes and unlawful marketing campaign money from Turkish authorities operatives in alternate for political favors, was in the end dismissed by President Trump’s Justice Division this previous spring as a part of a controversial deal that many imagine left Adams compromised. Adams has maintained he by no means did something incorrect.
Adams didn’t return a request for remark.
After the press convention, Mamdani’s staff offered a listing of the revoked orders.
Amongst them was an order Adams issued earlier this month that pushed again towards Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, a motion that helps placing financial strain on Israel’s authorities and Israeli corporations in protest of the nation’s remedy of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Financial institution.
The order prohibited senior metropolis authorities officers from making any metropolis contracting strikes or partaking in any coverage “that discriminates against the state of Israel, Israeli citizens based on their national origin, or individuals or entities based on their association with Israel.” The order threatened to topic metropolis workers to disciplinary proceedings if they’re discovered violating that restriction.
Yet one more revoked order directed the town to undertake the Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. Critics say that definition conflates criticism of the Israeli authorities with antisemitism.
Mamdani, the town’s first Muslim mayor and a persistent critic of Israel’s warfare in Gaza and historic remedy of Palestinians, has stated he’s dedicated to preventing antisemitism. He has vehemently denied that his pro-Palestine advocacy has fanned the flames of antisemitism, which is on the rise in New York.
Actually, Mamdani revealed on the press convention that he’s retaining an govt order Adams issued in Could that established the Mayor’s Workplace to Fight Antisemitism.
“That is an issue that we take seriously, and it’s part of the commitment that we’ve made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them, but to celebrate and cherish them,” Mamdani stated.
Nevertheless, Mamdani’s workplace stated he’s making some amendments to the order that created the workplace. His workplace didn’t instantly present the amendments.
Mamdani’s workplace additionally stated he’s retaining — however making some unspecified amendments to — an order Adams issued directing the NYPD to limit protests from happening exterior homes of worship. Adams issued that order after pro-Palestinian activists staged a rowdy protest exterior a synagogue on the Higher East Facet the place a gaggle selling immigration to Israel, together with occupied elements of the West Financial institution, was holding an occasion.
Different orders Mamdani revoked outright included one Adams issued in April that sought to let ICE brokers function on Rikers Island for the needs of felony investigations. That order, which stoked controversy because it appeared poised to assist Trump’s immigration crackdown, was invalidated by a court docket on a technicality, although the motion technically nonetheless was in impact as of this week.
Yet one more now-rescinded Adams order sought by govt fiat to ban the town’s horse carriage trade. Mamdani has voiced assist for banning the trade, however says he first needs to have interaction in dialogue with the union advocating for carriage drivers.
The brand new mayor additionally scrapped two orders Adams issued final month that created new workplaces at Metropolis Corridor devoted, respectively, to rat mitigation and cryptocurrency trade development.
Adams, whose time period as mayor got here to an finish at midnight Wednesday, usually stated as mayor that he “hates rats” and declared warfare on them. He has additionally been a serious booster of crypto and stated this week that his subsequent skilled transfer is more likely to have one thing to do with the experimental foreign money kind.
