Mayor Adams Signs Executive Orders Prohibiting Mayoral Appointees and Agency Staff From Boycotting and Disinvesting From Israel, Protecting New Yorkers’ Rights to Free Exercise of Religion Without Harassment at Houses of Worship
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NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today signed two executive orders that will ensure city agencies continue to make sound financial decisions that protect taxpayer dollars and that protect New Yorkers’ right to practice their religion at houses of worship without harassment, while protecting freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.

Executive Order No. 60 prohibits mayoral agency heads, agency chief contracting officers, and any other mayoral appointees with discretion over contracting from engaging in procurement practices that discriminate against the State of Israel, Israeli citizens, or those associated with Israel.

The executive order also prohibits the chief pension administrator and mayoral trustees to the city pension system from opposing divestment from bonds and other assets that would discriminate against the State of Israel, Israeli citizens, or those associated with Israel.

  • TimLovesTech@badatbeing.socialEnglish
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    1 day ago

    [Disclaimer: I’m not Jewish] This seems more antisemite than boycotting Israel does, because this (IMHO taking into account the disclaimer) seems like someone that can’t separate a government from a people, or basically “everything Jewish is the same”. Similar to how many in government can’t separate being Muslim, or Arab, from [insert US declared “terrorist country”].

      • limer@lemmy.ml
        7·
        1 day ago

        I think the state of Israel itself has become similar to a false prophet warned about in all Abrahamic religions