"When Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race of New York City, many believed his election would transform not just municipal policy but how the city confronts injustice, at home and abroad. Many were inspired when, as an assemblyman in May 2023 at the CUNY School of Law, Mamdani introduced the "Not On Our Dime!: Ending New York Funding of Israeli Settler Violence Act" (NOOD Act), a bill that would have prohibited New York‑registered nonprofits from using tax‑exempt status to fund Israeli settlement expansion."
"with major nonprofits headquartered here and hundreds of millions in tax‑deductible funds raised annually by New York‑registered charities that support Israeli settlement activity, making the city a primary conduit for financial flows that sustain displacement and occupation. However, when activists recently protested a real estate event in Queens that they said was marketing settlement land, Mamdani publicly condemned the chants of protestors, saying "support of a terrorist organization has no place in our city," referring to Hamas,"
Zohran Mamdani entered the mayoralty with expectations of transforming municipal policy and confronting injustice domestically and internationally. As an assemblyman in May 2023 he introduced the Not On Our Dime!: Ending New York Funding of Israeli Settler Violence Act (NOOD Act) to bar New York‑registered nonprofits from using tax‑exempt status to fund Israeli settlement expansion. New York City functions as a central hub for charities that raise hundreds of millions in tax‑deductible funds supporting settlement activity and occupation. Activists protested a Queens real estate event they said marketed settlement land. Mamdani condemned chants supportive of Hamas while failing to address protesters’ concerns about illegal land sales; he clarified opposition to sale of occupied land.
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