Comptroller Mark Levine not reinvesting NYC’s pension funds in Israel bonds — in stunning campaign pledge reversal

Source: New York Post

City Comptroller Mark Levine said he’s decided not to reinvest the Big Apple’s pension funds in Israel bonds — a dramatic reversal from a pledge he made during his successful campaign last year. Levine told The New York Times he made the decision solely on financial grounds, but critics suspected he was caving to Israel-bashers in the Democratic party, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani. “I always said this would be based on financial considerations only, not politics — that’s still my position,” Levine, who is Jewish and a professed backer of Israel, told The Times Wednesday.