Mayor
Likud candidate Avi Slama wins Netanya's special mayoral race
The newly elected mayor secured a first-round victory, defeating three other candidates and officially concluding the election campaign.
Netanya prepares for elections after mayor passes away
Jacob Frey, Minneapolis’ Jewish mayor, returns to the spotlight after ICE shooting in his city
Rabbi Uri Lupolianski, first haredi mayor of Jerusalem and Yad Sarah founder, dies at 74
NYPD boots 'laced by IDF,' Mamdani says in resurfaced 2023 video
In a September 2023 video, the NYC mayoral candidate argued that Israeli struggle is tied to American capitalist interests.
NYC business leaders drop $3 million over 2 days into mayoral race in bid to stop Mamdani
The last-ditch spending blitz comes as the Democratic nominee continues to dominate the mayoral race, with polls showing him holding a double-digit lead over his competitor.
Mamdani would disgrace NYC with refusal to condemn terror, only shows animus to Israel - editorial
Three weeks before the election, Mamdani’s true colors are there for everyone to see. His words reveal not nuance but animus toward the Jewish state.
Mamdani says he'll recognize Israel 'not as Jewish state,' claims genocide in Gaza during debate
Mamdani also stated that he believed Hamas should lay down their arms, saying "a ceasefire means ceasing fire."
Deputy mayor faked bomb threat related to Israel at Los Angeles city hall, feds say
Brian K. Williams, then deputy-mayor of public safety for Los Angeles, claimed he had been struggling with his mental health before making the threat.
Andrew Cuomo nabs endorsements from Jewish groups after Eric Adams drops out of NYC mayoral race
A wave of Jewish endorsements backs Cuomo for NYC mayor, with groups calling him the best candidate to fight rising antisemitism after Adams suspends his campaign.
Pro-Israel Adams drops out of mayoral race, but does it change anything for NYC Jews?
Polls show that even if Cuomo and Mamdani go head-to-head, Mamdani is expected to win with 52% of the vote.
Mamdani clashes with ADL on who represents Jewish New Yorkers
Jonathan Greenblatt criticized Zohran Mamdani for telling Jews who represents them, after Mamdani said there were better voices for Jewish New Yorkers than the ADL.
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wishes Jews a Shana Tova amid antisemitism controversy
Mamdani has been accused of antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and recently called for New York to divest from Israel bonds.
‘I voted for you because Jews are good with money’: Mark Levine on running for comptroller
In a wide-ranging conversation with JTA, Levine talked about how he’d work with the city’s next mayor, why the Jewish community needs to build more coalitions, and his deep love of pickles.
