How will this approach apply to protection for Jewish New Yorkers who are vulnerable to assaults? Proposals like these face an uphill fight under any circumstances, but it will be far harder if he should threaten Israel and/or Jewish New Yorkers. That is sure to compel reprisals and distract from domestic concerns, possibly eliminating most of his initiatives that will help vulnerable people. Mamdani’s fellow progressives in Congress and on the streets routinely fuse American poverty with Middle East holy wars. Israeli private equity has about $26 billion worth of investments in New York and New York City.