JCRC-NY Responds to Mayor Mamdani's Statement on the Third Anniversary of the October 7 Attack on Israel

NEW YORK, NY (10/07/2026) (readMedia)-- Statement from JCRC-NY CEO Mark Treyger:

In his statement marking the third anniversary of the October 7th terrorist attack on Israel, the first anniversary in which all the hostages are finally home or buried, Mayor Mamdani dashed off four sentences acknowledging the tragedy of that day, without ever mentioning that the targets were Jewish, before pivoting back to his preferred narrative, spending the bulk of his remarks on the events that transpired afterwards.

Let us be clear, Mr. Mayor: It does not honor the dead to pit them against each other. It is shameful. Today, Jewish New Yorkers across the five boroughs walked through metal detectors to drop off our children at preschool, thanked the police officers posted outside our synagogues for keeping us safe, tucked in our Jewish stars on the subway, and felt the gut punch of grief remembering the 1,200 innocent people who were slaughtered in their homes, in front of their families, and dancing at a music festival just because they were Jewish.

The Mayor's role is to bring people together for the good of all New Yorkers, and he continues to fall short of that goal.