Requests Flood Group Offering To Relocate New Yorkers Fleeing City Over Mamdani

Hundreds of requests have poured into the watchdog group StopAntisemitism after it offered last week to help New York City residents relocate over the potential rise of Zohran Mamdani to mayor.

Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor, leads former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, making an independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa by double-digits in polls. Mamdani calls himself a Democratic Socialist and has been accused by critics of courting antisemites if not trafficking in Jew-hatred himself.

“New Yorkers – looking to relocate if Mamdani wins the NYC mayoral race? We’d love to connect you to realtors in FL, TX, CT, etc. You deserve to live in a city not run by an antisemite,” an October 16 X post from StopAntisemitism says.

“If Mamdani is elected, we will make it our mission to remove as much of his tax base as possible. Antisemites understand one thing – consequences,” a follow-up post says.

More than 300 people have expressed interest in StopAntisemitism’s offer since the post went up, group founder Liora Rez told The Daily Wire. In addition, real estate agents from across the United States have contacted Rez’s group to offer their services for anyone wishing to relocate out of The Big Apple.

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“I think the vast, vast majority of Jews in New York City are extremely frightened of what will happen if this man takes the mayoral seat. He will put Jewish safety on the back burner,” Rez told The Daily Wire. “I, personally, am deeply afraid that what we are witnessing in London right now – and overall what’s happening in the UK, whether it’s Manchester, so on and so forth – this is a precursor to what we will see in New York City in the next two to three years, if not sooner.”

Rez’s anecdotal experience – receiving a flood of interest from StopAntisemitism’s campaign – is supported by polling data. A survey released on Friday from Victory Insights has found that as much as a quarter of New York City residents would consider fleeing the city if Mamdani wins the election, according to the New York Post.

Concerns about antisemitism have swirled around Mamdani’s campaign. His opponents in the mayoral race have hit him repeatedly for refusing to condemn the phrase, “globalize the intifada,” a call for violence against Israel and Jews.

Concerns about Mamdani have been raised by Jewish leaders across the country, with hundreds of rabbis, including dozens in New York City, expressing concern about Mamdani’s positions, rhetoric, and affiliations in an open letter.

Mamdani is a close associate of Linda Sarsour, having joined Sarsour’s Muslim Democratic Club of New York in 2015. The club was co-founded by Sarsour in 2013 as a vehicle to elect like-minded Muslims to political office. In 2018, Sarsour placed Mamdani on the board of the Muslim Democratic Club.

Sarsour has long been dogged by accusations of antisemitism. She is a vocal supporter of the antisemitic Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement targeting Israel. She left her leadership position in the leftist activist organization Women’s March in 2018 as she and other leaders were accused of antisemitism and mismanagement.

Mamdani and Sarsour have another connection as well: Imam Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Wahhaj, who has been linked to other terrorist activity, has received praise from both Sarsour and Mamdani.

From Mamdani, the praise came as recently as last week. On October 17, Mamdani posted a photo online of him and Wahhaj, calling the terror-linked Imam a “pillar of the Bed-Stuy community for nearly half a century.”