4 Jewish Bar Groups Demand Seats on Mamdani's 19-Member Judiciary Panel as ADL Backs Challenge
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 29
4 Jewish Bar Groups Demand Seats on Mamdani's 19-Member Judiciary Panel as ADL Backs Challenge
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 29
Summary
Four Jewish bar associations, backed by the ADL, urged Mayor Zohran Mamdani to add Jewish members to his 19-person judiciary advisory panel, saying its makeup contradicts City Hall’s claim of a representative cross-section.
The committee screens and recommends judges for courts across all five boroughs, and critics said the absence of any Jewish member is especially stark in a city with the nation’s largest Jewish population.
City Hall has not directly addressed the panel’s composition; Mamdani’s press secretary told NBC New York that any claim the appointments were religion-driven was false and pointed instead to Jewish judges appointed elsewhere.
The dispute has intensified amid wider anxiety over Jewish safety after a child was injured during a security struggle at a Queens Jewish institute and an Orthodox man was recently stabbed after leaving a synagogue.