Michael Goodwin: Mamdani has betrayed NYC by siding with the terrorists
When he took the oath of office last January, Mayor Mamdani pledged that his administration would serve everyone in Gotham, without fear or favor.As he put it at a frigid City Hall, “If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor.
Regardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn alongside you and never, not for a second, hide from you.” These days, the sweeping pledge sounds like a bad joke — or a bald-faced lie.Mamdani’s dismal performance has been a painful wake-up call to those who foolishly believed and trusted him.
But the extent to which his dangerously radical beliefs take precedence over his pledge was never more obvious than last week.Two shocking incidents demonstrated that his allegiance is reserved for his warped ideology, and everyone and everything else can go to hell.
First, he demonstrated that his hatred for Israel has metastasized into a cancer that makes him unfit for his job.No mayor in modern history has singled out one group of New Yorkers the way Mamdani has targeted Jews.
On top of his relentless condemnation of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he is the first mayor in six decades to boycott the Salute to Israel parade.Still, he had an opportunity on Oct.
7, the third anniversary of the Hamas terrorist invasion, to prove he could rise above personal prejudices to be a mayor for all New Yorkers.Instead, he chose to deliver heartless remarks that flipped facts and truth on their heads.
With an outrageous effort to depict all Palestinians as victims of an Israeli “genocide,” Mamdani made it clear he has no desire to build bridges to those who don’t agree with him.His statement was an unsubtle declaration that his duties always will take a back seat to his radical agenda’s battering ram.
Signs of that have been apparent ever since he entered the mayoral race, but coming late in his first year in office, his Oct.7 statement amounts to a “burn the boats” moment.
He boarded up the exits...