Monthly Archives: May 2015
- 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push(JTA) — The man who is likely to be New York City’s top finance watchdog under Zohran Mamdani — assuming they both win their races on Tuesday — has said he does not believe Mamdani could divest the city’s pension funds of their investments in Israel. “Just doesn’t have the votes for that,” Mark Levine, the likely... […]
- What to know about ‘Not On Our Dime,’ Zohran Mamdani’s bill targeting donations to Israeli settlements(JTA) — In May 2023, a member of the New York State Assembly introduced a bill aimed at blocking nonprofits from funding Israeli settlements in the West Bank. It was swiftly rebuked by his colleagues and never came to a vote. That bill was called “Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli... […]