Alive out of Spite

The City Council’s bill to protect our schools from violent protests was common sense. @NYCMayor Mamdani vetoed it. I’ve spent my life defending civil rights and the First Amendment. For over 40 years, I’ve led protests on behalf of civil rights for all people, from anti-apartheid in South Africa to women’s right to choose. But there is nothing “civil” about protests that put children in harm’s way. This veto doesn’t defend rights. It abandons responsibility and puts a fringe minority ahead of the safety of every student in New York City. The Mayor seems more focused on aligning with a highly vocal radical movement than delivering for the millions of New Yorkers he was elected to serve and protect.

Let’s tell it like it is: @nycmayor chose the whims of his radical, extreme-left DSA base over the safety of students and Jewish New Yorkers at a time of rising antisemitism. Instead of governing for all NYers, Mamdani has repealed the very definition of antisemitism from the city’s books, changed how antisemitic crimes are counted and now vetoed these commonsense security measures when they are needed most. I proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with my Jewish brothers and sisters — just as the Cuomos always have, and always will.