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Mamdani in the hot seat after first veto derails bipartisan effort to combat antisemitism: ‘Disappointed’

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is sparking backlash after using his first veto to derail a bipartisan bill aimed at combating antisemitism by expanding protest security safeguards for places of education.
«This could impact workers protesting ICE or college students demanding their school divest from fossil fuels or demonstrating in support of Palestinian rights,» Mamdani said in a statement Friday.
«It is a piece of legislation that has alarmed much of the labor movement, reproductive rights groups and immigration advocates, among others, across this city.»
New York’s former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent against Mamdani in the mayoral race last year, slammed Mamdani’s decision on X, saying he «chose the whims of his radical, extreme-left DSA base over the safety of students and Jewish New Yorkers at a time of rising antisemitism.»
MAMDANI IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO JEWISH NEW YORKERS
Zohran Mamdani announces new members of his team at the Brooklyn Public Library Greenpoint Branch in Brooklyn Dec. 17, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
«Instead of governing for all NYers, Mamdani has repealed the very definition of antisemitism from the city’s books, changed how antisemitic crimes are counted and now vetoed these commonsense security measures when they are needed most,» Cuomo continued.
«I proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with my Jewish brothers and sisters — just as the Cuomos always have, and always will.»
The bill, Int. 175-B, requires New York law enforcement to develop a plan to contain the risk of physical obstruction, physical injury, intimidation and interference at educational facilities while still allowing for freedom of assembly and First-Amendment events. The plan would then apply to «any building, structure, or place where educational programming takes place.»
Julie Menin, the speaker of the New York City Council, had framed the bill as key to warding off threats of antisemitism.
«The legislation is part of the Council-led Five-Point Action Plan to Combat Antisemitism,» Menin said in March.
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Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, speaks during an announcement in the Brooklyn borough of New York City Jan. 12, 2026. (John Lamparski/Bloomberg)
«According to the NYPD, antisemitic incidents accounted for 57% of reported hate crimes in 2025, although only approximately 10% of New York City residents are Jewish. Jewish New Yorkers were the targets of hate crimes more than all other groups combined.»
The bill passed the New York City Council by a 30-19 vote late last month.
Commentators online criticized the veto, citing a need for enhanced protections.
«We are deeply disappointed by Mayor Mamdani’s veto of legislation designed to help protect students from intimidation and disruption outside schools,» the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a pro-Jewish group, said in a post to X.
«The right to protest and the right to an education can and must coexist. We urge the City Council to override this veto and reaffirm a basic principle: protecting students is not politics; it is a civic responsibility.»
«Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D- HAMAS) vetoed a bill for buffer zones around schools because it ‘could impact workers protesting ICE, or college students demanding their school divest from fossil fuels, or demonstrating in support of Palestinian rights,’» Ari Hoffman, a political commentator, wrote in his own post.
«All the bill would have done was require clear safety plans around schools with law enforcement.»
Mamdani approved a similar bill that applied to religious sites. He explained that he was concerned by the expansive range of what the second bill meant by «educational facilities.»
«The problem is how widely this bill defines an educational institution and the constitutional concerns it raises regarding New Yorkers’ fundamental right to protest. As the bill is written, everywhere from universities to museums to teaching hospitals could face restrictions,» Mamdani said in a statement.
NYC RABBI WARNS ZOHRAN MAMDANI ‘POSES A DANGER’ TO JEWISH COMMUNITY’S SAFETY

The sun sets on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City Nov. 15, 2024. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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The city council could override a mayoral veto with a two-thirds vote, according to New York City’s charter. Doing so would require votes from 33 of the chamber’s 50 members.
Assuming the bill retains the support of the legislators that originally advanced it out of the council, it would require just three more votes to secure its implementation over Mamdani’s objection.
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Inside the teen takeovers threatening to explode this summer as cities remain on edge: ‘Very worried’

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A wave of social media-fueled teen takeovers in cities from Chicago to Washington, D.C., is putting officials on alert for a potentially volatile summer as experts warn the large youth gatherings could strain police, fuel violence and threaten recent public-safety gains.
«It usually increases during the summer,» Zack Smith, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., told Fox News Digital of crime trends. «I think anyone who has looked at crime data and some kind of criminological studies recognized that that will increase and I think that is something that the city should be very worried about.»
The warning comes after a wave of spring incidents across the country, where large teen crowds organized or amplified online have led to arrests, fights, weapons charges and emergency curfew debates.
«So many of these incidents are fueled by two things: social media and boredom. That’s it,» Amy Swearer, a senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, told Fox News Digital.
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«There is potential for this to escalate, and to really damage some really good progress that we’ve made in cutting back on that post-COVID violent crime spike,» Swearer added. Violent crime surged nationally during the pandemic, with homicides rising sharply in 2020 as cities were also rocked by protests and riots following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Social media has contributed to «under-the-radar» meetups, Swearer said, explaining that many teens are working to boost their «clout» online with outrageous videos.
«There are massive accounts that are just dedicated to showing the chaos and the carnage and the street takeover events, where it’s almost like a social media clout thing,» she said.
Teen takeovers continue to spread nationwide
A Chicago teen takeover erupted Wednesday night when a car rammed a police cruiser as teen mobs cheered and filmed. In a similar incident last week, 22 people were arrested, ages 12 to 21, in Tampa, Florida, after a «teen takeover» at Curtis Hixon Park erupted into fights and disruptions, resulting in charges of affray, drug possession, resisting arrest and unlawful weapon possession.
In March, about 200 teens swarmed D.C.’s Navy Yard, where fights broke out and a 15-year-old was arrested after allegedly firing a gun, days after a temporary curfew was imposed. Nearly a dozen more juveniles were arrested a month later after street brawls in Southwest D.C., prompting a push to extend emergency powers. A large crowd returned to Navy Yard a week later, where police reported no major incidents or arrests.
The D.C. Council approved a long-term youth curfew earlier in May in an 8-5 vote after weeks of debate. The legislation still needs the mayor’s signature and congressional review before taking effect.
PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS LIT THE FUSE, AND TEEN MOBS ARE THE EXPLOSION

Police officers responded to a teen takeover in Tampa, Florida, on May 8, 2026, deploying air patrols and making arrests to control the situation. (Tampa Police Department)
Chicago was also hit with more chaos in March and April. Hundreds of teens flooded streets, filled intersections and broke out into fights, resulting in multiple arrests and curfew violations.
Mayor Brandon Johnson warned parents about the «teen trends» following the incidents, saying they «are dangerous and can often turn violent.» Johnson avoided using the term «takeover.»
Struggles among teens, like poverty and mental health, could be fueling the «chaos,» Swearer said.
«There’s a huge overlap between juvenile delinquency and poverty and mental health issues, and even delinquencies from school, truancy,» she said.
Despite those broader challenges, she said the takeovers are not justified.
«None of that is an excuse for allowing this type of large-scale chaotic disruption in this planned way,» she said.
Authorities have made multiple arrests nationwide this year tied to the meetups, with several in the nation’s capital. President Trump, who campaigned on lowering crime and has warned criminals will face prosecution, has carried that message into efforts such as the Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force.
Takeovers in Trump’s backyard
The incidents have also created a political and public-safety test in Trump’s backyard, where the president has made D.C. crime a signature issue and deployed federal muscle to back it up.
Trump’s Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force has made more than 10,000 arrests and recovered more than 1,000 illegal firearms since its launch, but the continued teen takeovers show how juvenile disorder remains a stubborn challenge even amid the broader crackdown.
WHITE HOUSE LAUNCHES FEDERAL SECURITY BLITZ AS PRESIDENT VOWS TO END DC ‘CRIME PLAGUE’

President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 18, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
However, the concern over an escalation in teen takeovers persists.
The White House told Fox News Digital that the administration is ready to tackle potential rising crime «head on» when asked about concerns the teen takeover trends could spike in the warm summer months.
«President Trump’s Safe and Beautiful Task Force has yielded tremendous results in a very short period of time – driving down crime rates in all categories and making the city safer for residents and visitors alike,» White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital. «As new law enforcement challenges arise, the Task Force remains committed to addressing them head on.»
CHICAGO TEEN TAKEOVER MOB RAMS POLICE CRUISER BACKWARD, SWARMS CAR AS ONLOOKERS CHEER: VIDEO

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. marshal personnel perform a traffic stop on a individual allegedly with expired tags and no driver’s license on August 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Pressure mounts over juvenile crime response
The D.C. incidents have revived a broader fight over juvenile accountability in the capital.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that parents who let kids take part in violent D.C. teen takeovers could now face fines and up to six months in jail under the city’s curfew law.
«As we grapple with this problem, there is one area that hasn’t been discussed,» Pirro said. «Parent involvement has been a noted gap in any discussion, and I am here to say, as the United States attorney in the District of Columbia, that ends today.»
«If the evidence shows the parent knew or should have known, permitted or failed to prevent participation, we’re gonna charge them,» she added.
She criticized the city’s response to teen takeovers in April, saying the disorder falls largely outside her office’s jurisdiction because most juvenile cases in D.C. are handled by the local attorney general.
«These alleged social gatherings turn into criminal chaos,» Pirro told Fox & Friends. «Families are affected by it, businesses end up being shuttered, there’s violence that occurs.»
The U.S. Attorney’s Office generally handles adult felonies and only a narrower set of serious juvenile cases charged as adult matters, including certain violent crimes involving 16- and 17-year-olds.
«Since I have been here, my mission has been to change the law to make some of the young punks criminally responsible for what they’re doing,» Pirro told Navy Yard residents at an Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting in March.
Smith said the D.C. attorney general’s office, led by Brian Schwalb, has repeatedly mishandled juvenile prosecutions.
«This narrow slice of crime that’s committed by juvenile offenders, primary responsibility lies to prosecute those offenders with the D.C. attorney general’s office, and frankly, he’s just not doing his job right now,» he said.
DC CURFEW ENDS AS TEEN TAKEOVER FEARS CLOCK IN – CITY BRACES FOR CHAOS AMID SPRING BREAK MAYHEM

Members of the Mississippi National Guard patrol near the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Fri., March 27, 2026. (Tom Brenner/AP Photo)
The Department of Justice, Pirro’s office, and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
«You can put more officers on the street, you can put more National Guard members on the streets, and they can arrest individuals who break the law, but if those juvenile offenders are not being held accountable at the end of the day, they recognize that there are no real consequences,» Smith said.
He said teens who don’t fear punishment are more likely to commit crimes.
«Too many juveniles, particularly juvenile offenders in the District, recognize that there is a lack of consequences for their violent actions,» he said.
A small group of repeat offenders may actually be driving the crime, and authorities already know who many of them are, Swearer said.
«Juvenile crime tracks the same way as adult crime,» she said. «It’s driven predominantly by a small number of repeat, almost incorrigible offenders who are well known to the criminal justice system.»
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She said leaders can address these problems, but whether they’re willing to act is unclear.
«In many respects, we saw that this was a willpower issue,» she said. «Did we have the power to actually do something about this?»
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Man dies after attack by 13-foot great white shark near popular island resort: officials

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A 38-year-old man died on Saturday after he was attacked by a 13-foot shark in Australia.
The attack happened at Horseshoe Reef near Rottnest Island on Australia’s western coast just before 10 a.m., police said.
The island is located about 19 miles west of Perth.
The man was brought back to shore but never regained consciousness.
«A 38-year-old man was in the water at Horseshoe Reef when he was believed to have been bitten by a shark,» a spokesperson for St. John WA Ambulance told People.
SURFER SAYS SHARK ATTACK FELT ‘LIKE BEING HIT BY A CAR’ AS BOARD BITTEN IN HALF
Authorities say a great white shark attacked a man off Rottnest Island, a popular tourist spot on Australia’s western coast. (Getty Images)
«The man was conveyed by vessel to shore, where he was met by St. John WA paramedics. Sadly, the man was unable to be revived.»
Fox News Digital has reached out to St. John WA Ambulance.
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The death is the second fatal attack in Australia so far this year.

The death is the second fatal attack in Australia so far this year. (Steve Christo/Corbis)
Perth’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development told the AFP news agency that it was urging the public to take «additional caution» in the area, according to BBC News.
The agency added that it was reported to be a great white shark.
Footage of the incident provided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation showed police at the scene with a boat and rescue officers.
In January, a 12-year-old died a week after he was attacked by a shark in Sydney Harbor.

A great white shark swims near the sea floor at Neptune Islands, South Australia. (Auscape/Universal Images Group)
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Three others were attacked within the same two days along the New South Wales coast in non-fatal incidents.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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