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12 DECEMBER 12, 2025
Mayor Adams Signs Executive Orders

Prohibiting Mayoral Appointees and Agency Staff

from Boycotting and Disinvesting from Israel

EO 61 Directs NYPD Commissioner to Evaluate Changes to Patrol Guide for Protests Around Houses

of Worship While Protecting Freedom of Speech and Right to Peaceful Assembly

OUR BUREAU pointees, or in the best interests of
the respective pension system.
NEW YORK, NY
New York City is home to the
ew York City Mayor Eric Ad- largest Jewish community outside
ams has signed two executive of the State of Israel, and maintain-
Norders that will ensure city ing deep ties with Israel is rooted in
agencies continue to make sound decades of economic and social co-
financial decisions that protect tax- operation. Mayor Adams has made
payer dollars and that protect New rooting out antisemitism a core focus
Yorkers’ right to practice their reli- of his administration. This past May,
gion at houses of worship without ha- Mayor Adams established the May-
rassment, while protecting freedom or’s Office to Combat Antisemitism,
of speech and peaceful assembly. the first office of its kind established
Executive Order No. 60 pro- in a major city across the nation.
hibits mayoral agency heads, agency Flanked by dozens of leading Jewish
chief contracting officers, and any advocates,
other mayoral appointees with dis- Mayor Adams announced this
cretion over contracting from engag- new effort to establish an inter-agen-
ing in procurement practices that dis- cy taskforce dedicated to fighting an-
criminate against the State of Israel, tisemitism in all its forms, liaise with
Israeli citizens, or those associated seen those of Jewish ancestry be Additionally, we are proud to sign an the New York City Law Department
with Israel. The executive order also singled out and targeted. Today, we executive order to evaluate addition- on appropriate cases to bring or join,
prohibits the chief pension admin- are ensuring our city government al ways to ensure New Yorkers’ right advise on executive orders to issue
istrator and mayoral trustees to the doesn’t participate in that type of be- to peacefully and safely practice their and legislation to propose to ad-
city pension system from opposing havior and are putting in safeguards religion at houses of worship, while dress antisemitism, and work across
divestment from bonds and other as- that protect New Yorkers’ tax dol- protecting the First Amendment agencies to ensure New Yorkers feel
sets that would discriminate against lars and protect their right to prac- rights to protest, to which all Amer- protected against antisemitism and
the State of Israel, Israeli citizens, or tice their religion without harass- icans are entitled. Together, these address incidents of antisemitism,
those associated with Israel. ment,” said Mayor Adams. “New executive orders put us on a path among taking other actions. The of-
Executive Order No. 61 directs York City not only has a strong bond to addressing these complex issues fice has, and continues to, also work
the commissioner of the New York with the State of Israel because of without discrimination.” to combat antisemitism at city-fund-
City Police Department (NYPD) our commitment to protecting a New York City and state law ed entities and city agencies.
to evaluate potential changes to Jewish homeland, but also because prohibit discriminating against bid- The City of New York is home to
the NYPD patrol guide to evaluate it has always been a sound finan- ders and proposers for city contracts thousands of houses of worship that
proposals for regulating protest ac- cial investment, and our financial on the basis of their actual or per- represent myriad religions and faiths,
tivity occurring close to houses of decisions should continue to reflect ceived national origin. Despite this, and which coexist peaceably and
worship. that truth. Today, we are proud to in recent years, there have been calls add to the diverse fabric of the city.
Those proposals include the es- sign this executive order and affirm to exercise social policy through the Yet, at times, houses of worship are
tablishment of zones where protest that our investments and contracts city’s procurement and pension sys- targets of protests and other actions
activity would be prohibited or reg- should be made on the basis of what tems with the goal of harming the that can disrupt congregants’ ability
ulated within an area a certain dis- is best for New York City and our economies of targeted nations, in- to freely exercise their chosen reli-
tance from the entrance to a house of economic future, and not in pursuit cluding calls to boycott, divest from, gion and threaten the public safety of
worship and the establishment of ad- of discriminatory policies on the ba- and sanction (BDS) the State of Is- worshipers and surrounding neigh-
ditional restrictions on protest activ- sis of politics and national origin. rael, which has strong economic and bors. Federal, state, and local laws
ities that would be applicable during This executive order builds on social ties with the City of New York. have been enacted to ensure access
publicly scheduled religious services. our long track record of fighting Such calls are based on unreasonable to houses of worship, safeguard pro-
“New York City has always been back against antisemitism wherever social policies and not a function of tected speech and religious exercise,
this nation’s melting pot, but, too it rears its ugly head and making the sound procurement policy, the fidu- while maintaining the right to assem-
often, over the last few years, we’ve investments that help boost our city. ciary responsibility of pension ap- ble and protest peaceably.

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