Outgoing New York City mayor Eric Adams signs anti-BDS law

Outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order establishing an anti-BDS law, barring the city from engaging with entities that boycott Israel. This measure affects municipal contracts and pensions, and is seen as a political challenge to the incoming pro-BDS mayor, Zohran Mamdani. A second executive order directs the NYPD to review rules for protests outside places of worship, with the potential to create designated protest zones. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a Palestinian-led campaign to pressure Israel over its occupation of Palestinian land and other policies.