“My administration has reviewed every avenue available under applicable law to determine whether New York City could execute the international criminal court’s arrest warrant if Benjamin Netanyahu came here,” Mamdani said. “It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant.
https://nitter.net/NYCMayor/status/2079718073058091261#m
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/mamdani-benjamin-netanyahu-arrest-authority
do it anyway, maybe something happens to him while he’s resisting arrest, it’s worth a shot
Well shit! I’m sorry I was kneeling on his neck. He doesn’t seem to be breathing. 🤷♂️
Critical support to police brutality?
One for the road:
Tangible actions Mamdani could take within the bounds of his office. Not really the crux of the issue, but worth noting.
Better to ask for forgiveness than for permission
literally invite him to gracie mansion for dinner and when he goes to the bathroom you lock from the outside and convenes some giant international adhoc court to decide what to do
giant international adhoc court to decide what to do
comically large smith & wesson
Sam & Max style
Thinking of a scene from Game Of Thrones 🤔
of course it isnt happening. Too many people with far more access to the levers of power want Netanyahu left alone, regardless of anyone’s opinion about mamdani.
This should be obvious to anyone, but that also includes Mamdani. This leaves us with two possiblities:
- He stated his intent to arrest Satan because he had no idea what he was talking about and is now eating crow for making such a ridiculous claim.
- He stated his intent to arrest Satan even though he knew it wasn’t something he could do, but also knew that it would play well with his base.
Neither of these are great outcomes for Mamdani stans IMO.
there’s also #3:
there are ways to entangle him into the legal system so that he could face justice, but doing so would force mamdani to expend all/most of his politlcal capital and will backfire badly if he fails.
so he’s going to do the same thing that the democrats have been doing for the last half century on any progressive legislation/order and simply say that they can’t do anything because his hands are tied by the system.
Reminds me of all the campaign ads from candidates who will “fight inflation.”
just have the nypd brick his car or whatever, do a traffic stop and make him do all the bs things until he fails and then kill him for wasting cop time.
critical support for police brutality in this single case
stop resisting
just have the nypd
Legalities aside, the NYPD will almost certainly not “just” do it. Getting the cops to arrest a sitting head of state that many are probably sympathetic to, in an action that would probably require getting in a gunfight with his security, is what’s most challenging here.
I’m a little surprised at people in this thread implying a level of political leverage over the NYPD that he obviously doesn’t have yet. Mamdani is clearly having to tip-toe around this semi-independent paramilitary operating in the city.
Not remotely surprising. We are in /c/electoralism after all.
I was making a joke hence ‘the critical support for police brutality’ in there. As a serious statement, yeah, the NYPD is a legal gang that needs to be purged somehow.
This would require a complete purge of the upper brass of the NYPD and replacement with ideologically aligned cadre who can enforce these orders and weed out the rank and file who will not abide. The head of the NYPD is a fucking billionaire heiress, for god sake.
Yeah, all American cops are blood thirsty fascists, they’d sooner kill Mamdani than actually do something good in their pathetic lives.
This would require a complete purge of the upper brass of the NYPD and replacement with ideologically aligned cadre
we wanted him to do this before he was inaugurated somehow, and we’re constantly pissy he hasn’t.
you don’t need to arrest him, just leak his schedule and pull the cops off for some other thing and let nature take its course.
OK Zohran Kwame Mamdani, I’ll put my lawyer hat on for a sec to give you the solution you want:
- Make it illegal for war criminals or people with ICC warrant to enter NYC
- Arrest Satanyahu when he arrives in NYC for breaking above law
- Extradite him to Iran or Yemen because they’re the only one who can bring justice
- If you’re a lib extradite him to ICC
Possibly fascists at the white house will say NYC doesn’t have the authority to extradite people, but then you just say fuck them because they already proved that rules are bullshit anyways.
If the white house fascists send ICE to protect the Satanyahu, then let them fight NYPD and film it with drones so we can all watch.
Would the NYPD even want to arrest him, or would they maybe prefer to give him a standing ovation?
I don’t think there is any reason to think NYPD is THAT loyal to Mamdani.
If he gave the order, the NYPD would immediately shoot Mamdani and get away with it
Make it illegal for war criminals or people with ICC warrant to enter NYC
Most (all?) criminal laws are written at the state level, not the city level. For example, NYC probably doesn’t get to define what constitutes an assault, burglary, or theft within the city limits. With out-of-state warrants, usually there’s a state law that allows police to (for example) arrest someone in New York for a Virginia warrant, then look at extraditing them to Virginia. I doubt it’s that clean for international warrants, as U.S. states probably don’t presume any international warrant is legitimate the same way they presume warrants from other U.S. states are legitimate.
Maybe there are carve outs in some cities that allow police to arrest people for violations of certain city ordinances, but a lot of minor stuff people get arrested for – disturbing the peace, driving without a license – are state crimes. If there is some New York law allowing NYC to create local ordinances and allow arrests based on violations, I’d be surprised if it’s just blanket power to effectively create any criminal law you want (such as making it illegal for someone with an ICC warrant to enter the city).
ok, then fine him for 782138921832189321930219823912 trillion dollars. surely NYC can issue fines for breaking regulations :)
Correction, rules are bullshit if there’s an R at the end of your name.
Make it illegal for war criminals or people with ICC warrant to enter NYC
I don’t think he can do that, as the UN has a deal with the US saying “you won’t interfere with anyone coming to our meetings at UNHQ NY”.
That being said, the ICC is a UN-level body and the UN may be obliged to follow their warrants, but AFAIK they didn’t take steps to arrest or disown the genocidal maniac.
Also, the NYPD is a hive mind of conservatism, meaning they’d rather spill their own blood fighting for Trump and Bibi. Listening to socialists isn’t something they’re likely to do soon.
I think he’d have to collaborate with a foreign entity that can kidnap and smuggle him out of the country to a place with ICC-recognized jurisdiction. Federal law and immunity would probably trump Mamdani in any other situation.
Don’t have legal authority
But what about states rights
Enslave Satanyahu?
To be fair to mamdami, he did create the situation where one of the most important US politicians is making a statement to read all this into the record. If his opposition, Mr. Vigilante dos Kittens had won the election, even this loser speech would be beyond imagination.
That said, arrest him on the basis of matching a description for someone who a shoplifted a bag of dorritos or literally anything.
Acting like any resident of NYC does not understand the mechanisms of police harassment is just insulting to everybody.
Pass laws preventing renting rooms, serving food, providing transportation, to people in this situation. (Try to make them sufficiently narrow that they don’t get applied to leftists…)
That said, arrest him on the basis of matching a description for someone who a shoplifted a bag of dorritos or literally anything.
Not possible. Even if you gave that order to the cops and they tried to follow it (big if), secret service and other agencies would bodily block them and put guns in their faces to prevent it while flashing diplomatic immunity until they relented (cops aren’t gonna die for your politics). Importantly there would be an investigation into why this happened. Cops being not at all interested in doing this would happy give evidence that the Mayor abused his office to order this kind of political arrest hit. It would immediately blow up into a scandal, he’d be investigated and probably arrested by the FBI under some sort of charges that would actually stick as the law as written does prevent you using it for personal grudges to just harass people and powerful people can ensure in their case it isn’t. And that would be the end of his time in office. Meanwhile nothing of substance would be achieved and the right would be driven even further into a frothing murderous rage and paranoia.
The only way that kind of thing works is if the police themselves instigate it or are happily part of it and it can all be done on verbal insinuations not written or radioed orders so the buck stops at the arresting officers and/or some lowly sergeant.
Pass laws preventing renting rooms, serving food, providing transportation, to people in this situation. (Try to make them sufficiently narrow that they don’t get applied to leftists…)
Not really legal at all. The closest you could get would be sanctions but cities lack the authority to issue them on their own soil against the rights of persons and private businesses. Closest he could actually try to do is BDS type stuff against investments using city money but that’s functionally nothing when the federal government prints them all the money they need.
What he should do is use his platform for pro-Palestinian stuff. Official pronouncements recognizing the on-going genocide, the Nabka, etc. Putting up Palestinian flags where not barred from doing so, speeches condemning the entity and its genocide. Raising awareness and trying to stem any harassment of pro-Palestine organizers is about the best he can do.
People who are saying “Well, I’d arrest Netanyahu!” are doing electoral liberalism, ironically. The problem isn’t Mamdani’s insufficient personal discipline or political seriousness. It’s that you cannot turn the office ofnthe mayor of NYC into a vehicle capable of arresting US-allied world leaders. The power of all electoral offices are tightly restrained to prevent based commie shit and stay within the limits of capitalist imperialism no matter how badly an individual in office might want to do otherwise.
He should get custom suits made in the Palestinian flag
he shouldn’t have promised this it was obvious he couldn’t do it and now it just looks like he took an L.
Not gonna lie I’m still grateful he’s being honest and straightforward; most would’ve been like “now is a time for national unity”, or “we need to work with our colleagues and find common ground”, and other meaningless nonsense.I’m at least grateful for the honesty and straightforward response; it ain’t much but it’s better than being openly lied to.EDIT: Actually I take this back; it’s actually probably insulting to Palestinians to be grateful to an American politician for accomplishing nothing about the genocide they’re currently undergoing.
Mamdani lied to you. He made this one of his promises, knowing full well it was nothing but hot air, so now you’re grateful, which is fascinating. Anywhere you look around this guy, you find Zionists & generally shady shit. But you’re not looking. The only thing that could shake you would be explicit transphobia, homophobia, & outright Klan racism. Not upholding the structure of racism & imperialism at every turn, which disproportionately affects marginalized people outside the core anyways, & uses those who think they can benefit for PR. Like you’re doing right now. Which very well might be heard by them & encourage them to rinse more DSA people with these tactics.
Anyways here are his lawyer’s Raytheon & oil company investments. Don’t bother responding. You’re welcome.
[2026-07-21] Politico –A look inside the stock portfolio of a top Mamdani lawyer
TAKING STOCK: Like his boss, Ramzi Kassem is a longtime critic of Israel.
So it might come as a surprise that Kassem, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s chief counsel at City Hall, holds direct ownership of stock in RTX, a multinational defense contractor that supplies Israel’s military with weapons.
Making matters more awkward for Kassem: He’s dating Darializa Avila Chevalier, the democratic socialist who defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat in June’s congressional primary — after making her Israel animus a cornerstone of campaigning.
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Kassem’s holdings in RTX — formerly known as Raytheon Technologies — were detailed in his annual financial disclosure, which was provided to Playbook by the city Conflicts of Interest Board. The form, which only offers value ranges instead of exact dollar figures, shows Kassem has at least $180,000 in directly-owned stock in various other major corporations, including fossil fuel companies and entities with city government business — the sort of investments that might not mesh with serving in a democratic socialist’s administration. Kassem’s form is 42 pages long and his expansive stock holdings are worth anywhere between $181,000 and $1.56 million in total, according to the ranges provided in his disclosure.
Asked about Kassem’s disclosure, Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec said today that the chief counsel “was unaware that his financial advisor had made investments in RTX and did not know about the company’s activities.”
“Upon learning and verifying this information, he will be divesting from that stock,” Pekec told Playbook. She wouldn’t say whether Kassem is planning to divest from any other stocks.
It isn’t illegal for public officials to own or trade stocks. But Rachael Fauss, a senior policy adviser at Reinvent Albany, a government watchdog, noted some public officials put their investments in blind trusts or mutual funds while in municipal government to avoid conflicts of interest or bad optics.
Since Kassem hasn’t done so, Fauss contends it’s crucial for him to recuse himself from government affairs that may involve companies he holds stock in.
“Given his role, it is important to ensure that there are recusals in place because you touch on everything in the city government when you’re in that role,” said Fauss, noting that the City Hall chief counsel is typically involved in advising the mayor on all major policy decisions. “Because of the broadness and the power of the position, it’s good practice and you don’t want there to be any bad optics on this.”
In response to such concerns, Pekec only said: “As it pertains to any companies with active city business, recusal is evaluated by the chief counsel on a case by case basis, as appropriate.”
Kassem, a law professor and White House adviser in the Biden administration before joining Mamdani’s team, didn’t return a request for comment. A spokesperson for Avila Chevalier didn’t comment, either.
One of the most politically problematic holdings is Kassem’s RTX investment. According to his disclosure, he holds between $1,000 and $4,999.99 in direct stock in the company. It ranks as one of the world’s largest weapons manufacturers. For years, RTX has supplied Israel’s military with both offensive and defensive weapons, including inking a $1.25 billion deal in November 2025 to provide surface-to-air missiles for the country’s Iron Dome system.
Being an investor doesn’t jibe well with Kassem’s history of criticizing Israel’s military.
While a Columbia Law School student, Kassem wrote in a 2002 Columbia Daily Spectator column that Israel had acted with “ineffable barbarism” in the West Bank and Gaza during the Second Intifada, which involved more than 100 suicide bombings by Palestinian militants and ended in about 3,000 Palestinians and 1,000 Israelis dead.
Israel, Kassem wrote at the time, “only wields military might in civilian areas, uses civilians as human shields, routinely destroys homes, and is so consumed by its zeal to disrupt Palestinian life as to uproot olive groves.”
Kassem’s other stock holdings also raise eyebrows.
His disclosure shows he holds at least $11,000 — but potentially as much as $114,999.97 — in stocks with ExxonMobil and Chevron, two fossil fuel giants that are among the world’s 20 largest greenhouse gas emitters, according to the Corporate Governance Institute. And he has at least $11,000 invested in British American Tobacco and Philip Morris, two of the world’s largest producers of cigarettes and other nicotine products.
Kassem’s investments in companies with municipal business interests are substantial as well.
He has at least $5,000 in stock with National Grid, the utility supplier, at least $1,000 invested in Verizon Communications and another $1,000, at least, in Microsoft.
All three of those corporations have active city government contracts. Verizon, the telecommunications giant, has the largest contract of the bunch: A $280 million deal to provide city government agencies with “telecommunication services.” That contract, which is overseen by the city Office of Information Technology, is up for renewal at the end of 2026, procurement records show.
In addition to his direct stock holdings, Kassem has at least another $1.76 million in retirement, annuity, deferred compensation and mutual funds, on top of his annual $290,000 chief counsel salary, according to his disclosures. — Chris Sommerfeldt
Free the Maduros.
& don’t tell me about how mommy & daddy’s index funds are just like this.
Ah, fair
I keep hoping this politician or that will be the good one that makes everything better but honestly we can’t vote evil away; honestly even the democrats’ opposition to him may be nothing more than performative nonsense, especially as had he been as much a threat to the status quo as they claim, it’s doubtful they would’ve allowed him to run in the first place and they would’ve most likely Eugene Debs’ed him. At the very least I can keep my mouth shut rather than thank him for doing nothing to hamper a genocide that affects a country in the global South.
Huh, I never encountered someone remorseful on here. Not sure what to do.
That’s coward talk and you know it!
Democratic socialism is when everything good is impossible. We can keep Maduro in solitary but we can’t do anything about Netanyahu.
there’s no difference between city and federal powers
If Mamdani actually wanted to arrest Netanyahu, there’s no end to the options he has. The NYPD is one of the world’s largest and most powerful military forces. He could order the police to guard Netanyahu, but also have plainclothes police officers instigate a riot, then arrest Netayanhu and his entourage for obstruction when they inevitably respond to the riot violently. So fucking easy, they pull this kind of shit all the time with leftwing protestors. But Mamdani is a democrat, not a socialist, which means that he will have the NYPD escort Adolph Hitler to wherever he needs to go, while using the police to ruin the lives of the protestors who oppose him. Don’t expect revolutionary action from liberals. They already had their revolution centuries ago and they’re still protecting it.
You’re acting as though the NYPD is actually loyal to Mamdani and ever did those things at explicit direction from the mayor.
If Mamdani can’t actually do anything, what is the point of supporting him? One might almost think that the system is designed to stop people from destroying it via legal means.
What I’m doing is pointing out the legal limits of electoralism and your acting as though I’m in some Mamdani cult of personality. You have an unproductively campist view. Mamdani has utility and has limits. It is our responsibility to be objective about it.
If Mamdani can’t actually do anything, what is the point of supporting him?
he’s currently really popular with high approval ratings and a list of accomplishments that make other democrats look like they sit around doing nothing all day.
a mayor can do some things, and cannot do others. the us has separations of powers, it has federalism.
JT from second thought/the deprogram did a video recently about what mamdani has accomplished so far and where he has fallen short of what we’d want.
If Mamdani can’t actually do anything, what is the point of supporting him?
Beats me.
Just use detour signs to reroute his vehicle to the U.N.
Can I be so for real without everyone getting mad at me?
yes you can. you're so conventionally attractive, wise, and smart
I wouldn’t expect the mayor of NYC to do that. It’s so above and beyond the call of duty. It’s like if you’re on a date and they’re upset that they couldn’t secure tickets to space next to Katy Perry. I’m impressed that you even researched it.
https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org/ might have some things to say in response to that. Like that it’s not above and beyond to expect the mayor of a city who also presides over the largest police force in the country to ensure that the “law” is upheld in his city.
“It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant.
Like, they literally do have that authority, they just don’t want to deal with it because of the fallout that would ensue from actually doing it. We all know that “laws” are just what the ruling class want to do, and those laws will be applied selectively and bent if necessary to do whatever it is they want. Not figuratively, or vaguely, but literally. Mamdani has wriggled his way into a ruling class position and he could do it if he had the will to do it. It is absolutely not that he doesn’t have “legal authority” to do it.
Edit to add: Mamdani also doesn’t have to actually order any arrest, but he could just say that it’s on the table as a possibility which in turn would put pressure on Netanyahu and possibly even prevent him from coming to New York. The threat alone could be enough to prevent Netanyahu from freely traveling where he wants to. It worked on Ben Gvir.
I already have the next 10 dates planned. Each date in my abode we play a different console and gameplay genre. I have each game planned. I have game guides printed. I have a specific cologne blend that perfectly matches the mood of each.
And snacks.
I also have 20 different anime fansub betamax tapes that I will let her choose at least 5 of on these 10 dates, increasing to a maximum of 10 should the first 3 picks be judged as good picks (scoring 3 cool units on choice and an additional 4 cool units based on her opinion after viewing, culminating in a bonus round pick for every 6 points and a 1.25 multiplier ([rounded up] for subsequent 7 point dates).
Every 10 cool units can be exchanged for a love token. 8 love tokens can be exchanged for a sex act of her choosing.
I got this.
She plays her cards right, I’ll let her play her cassettes in the car when she drives me to EB Games.
If there’s not a combination of 3 that reveals her to be the avatar, master of all 4 elements, then I don’t want it!
