End Jew Hatred petition New York Governor Hochul to remove Mamdani over Manhattan stabbings

ByALEX CARSONJULY 30, 2026 18:05The End Jew Hatred movement has formally launched a petition calling on New York Governor Kathy Hochul to initiate removal proceedings against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani under Section 9 of the New York Public Officers Law. The campaign follows a series of incidents and mounting political backlash over the administration's public safety record and rhetoric.The push for his removal stems directly from violent attacks in Manhattan, including an incident on Thursday, July 23, when two men were stabbed four minutes and two blocks apart on the Upper West Side.The victims included Chok Sung, 57, and Moshe Grunhaus, 50, who was "stabbed in the torso as he walked home from his synagogue on West 86th, two hundred feet from the doors."Activists and community organizers argue that the administration has failed to protect vulnerable minorities, noting that neither man was protected from a man yelling "Allahu Akbar."Central to the petition's grievances are accusations regarding equal protection and hate crimes, noting that the mayor revoked the city's antisemitism framework on his first day in office and replaced it with nothing.People attend a rally organised by ''End Jew Hatred'' in opposition to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City, US, July 26, 2026. (credit: Adam Gray/Reuters)Three months later, his own Police Commissioner reported hate crimes up nearly 12% citywide, with 55% targeting Jews, who represent about a tenth of the city's population.Mamdani's use of social mediaFurthermore, the petition's authors took issue with the administration's use of official platforms, highlighting that city channels were used to declare a foreign head of government, Benjamin Netanyahu, a war criminal and unwelcome in a video seen over ninety million times, while the mayor later conceded he had no power to do anything about it.Beyond these core allegations, the petition cites further executive failures, including the mayor's veto of school safety legislation Intro 175-B, questions over relaxed child welfare screenings, and whistleblower retaliation within the Department of Probation.The campaign launch featured a demonstration outside state offices where journalist and commentator Zack Sage Fox stated, "We are standing outside of Kathy Hochul's office to demand proceedings to remove Mayor Mamdani" and emphasized that "we are doing this with a legal argument with the law on our side."Activist Anila Ali rejected the mayor's rhetoric, stating that he represents "a very toxic ideology which is the DSA, the Islamists, that's not acceptable to the majority of Muslims living in America." Fellow activist Ghazal Mizrahi and singer spoke of her family's background fleeing the Islamic regime in Iran, stating "I stand here today as a proud Iranian Jew, but as a proud American above all of that."Addressing the crowd she said "The day he got elected, his face, his cover was unmasked. He is representing a very toxic ideology, which is the DSA, the Islamists, that's not acceptable to the majority of Muslims living in America who love our Jewish neighbors, our Christian neighbors."People attend a rally organised by ''End Jew Hatred'' in opposition to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City, US, July 26, 2026. (credit: Reuters/Adam Gray)Radical Islamist ideology purported by Mamdani mimics attitudes behind 9/11Ali further warned that this ideology mirrors the radical movements behind September 11, stating that "our religion has been hijacked by these kinds of Islamists" and declaring that mothers and women stood at risk of their own lives to oppose "a lot of toxic, hateful ideology that is anti-American, that is anti-Islam, that is antisemitic."Fellow activist and singer Ghazal Mizrahi expanded on these themes by sharing her family's personal history, stating, "My family lived under Sharia law under the Islamic regime in Iran and they left everything, their whole life, their whole dreams behind so that my sister and I wouldn't have to live under the same extremism and terror. So I stand here today as a proud Iranian Jew, but as a proud American above all of that."Concurrently, New York State Assemblyman Michael Novakhov announced a formal complaint to the United States Department of Justice, releasing a video on social media declaring "I made a promise to our community that I would hold Zohran Mamdani accountable for fueling antisemitism in New York, and today I'm keeping that promise."Jayne Zirkle, Director of Communications at The Lawfare Project, and End Jew Hatred organizer told the Jerusalem Post in a statement “As one of the leading providers of legal services for victims of terror, the Lawfare Project proudly stands with 9/11 victims in their demand that Mayor Mamdani not attend the 9/11 ceremony.Mayor Mamdani has stood with pro-Hamas voices over Americans and even visited a mosque where the imam had ties to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The voices of 9/11 families deserve to be heard, and their wishes deserve to be respected.”The legal framework cited by petitioners rests on the New York Constitution and Public Officers Law, which give the Governor the means to remove a public officer for misconduct in office upon charges, notice, and a hearing. Organizers intend to deliver all signed petitions directly to the Executive Chamber in Albany.Follow us on Google