Senate launches probe of Mamdani’s anti-Israel orders, threatens NYC’s federal funding

Source: New York Post

WASHINGTON — A US Senate panel launched a probe Wednesday of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, citing “serious concerns” about the “rescission of executive orders related to antisemitism and boycotts of Israel. ” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La. ) wrote a letter to Mamdani asking whether the scrapping of the orders would hamper the enforcement of civil rights law — thus risking the revocation of $2.