Zohran Mamdani said he supports divesting New York City pension funds from Israel if elected mayor.
“I think we should not have a fund that is invested in violation of international law,” Mamdani said during a Sunday interview on CBS2 New York’s “The Point with Marcia Kramer.”
“I think that the current comptroller’s approach [Brad Lander] — as he has taken it with Israel bonds — is the right approach,” he added when pressed on the issue.
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said he will support New York City divesting from Israeli bonds if elected. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post
Pension funds of city government workers and retirees had about $40 million invested in State of Israel Bonds when Lander took office in 2022.
But Lander — an ally of Mamdani despite losing to t