NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Protest Call Conflicts With Federal Policy

  After publicly acknowledging that he has no authority to carry out his promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is now urging New Yorkers to protest Netanyahu ahead of his expected visit to the city in September for the UN General Assembly.

Mamdani’s Empty and Possibly Illegal Threat of Enforcing an ICC Warrant

  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a New York Times interview released July 18, 2026, that he is in “active conversation” with the city’s Law Department over whether he has authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Netanyahu travels to New York for the United Nations General Assembly in September.

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Mamdani Rent Freeze Will Effectively Take 40% of NYC Apartments off the Market

  On June 25, 2026, the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted 7-1 to set the annual rent adjustment for rent-stabilized apartments at 0% for both one-year and two-year lease renewals commencing October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, fulfilling Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign pledge to “freeze the rent.” It is the first time in the board’s history, dating to 1969, that a two-year lease has been frozen at 0%; one-year freezes had occurred three times previously under Mayor de Blasio.

Donald Trump speaking at a podium with the presidential seal, flanked by American flags, during a Faith and Freedom Coalition event.

Faith and Freedom Conference: Why Communism Hates Christianity

Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 2026 Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday, President Trump called communism the “most serious threat to our Country since its existence 250 years ago,” warning that “ruthless Communists will attack all Religions but, in particular, Christianity.