Mamdani Faces Backlash Over ‘Boot of NYPD Has Been Laced by the IDF’ Remarks Caught on Video
The statement, widely viewed as both anti-police and antisemitic, implies that the Israeli military is directly responsible for the NYPD’s alleged oppression of New Yorkers — a conspiracy theory often circulated in extremist circles.
Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, who represents Brooklyn’s heavily Jewish 41st District, blasted Mamdani’s words as hateful. “Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Zohran hates Jews more than he hates cops or if he hates cops more than he hates Jews,” Yeger said.