NYC lawmaker dares Mamdani to make good on ‘pipe dream’ pledge by inviting Netanyahu
A Republican New York City councilwoman is putting one of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promises to the test by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the city on Jan....
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A Republican New York City councilwoman is putting one of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promises to the test by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the city on Jan. 1 in an apparent challenge to Mamdani's call to have the Jewish leader arrested. Inna Vernikov, who represents the city’s 48th District, which encompasses a heavy Jewish population in southern Brooklyn, posted a letter on X on Tuesday inviting Netanyahu to New York City on the day Mamdani takes office. The International Criminal Court (ICC), which the United States does not recognize, issued an arrest warrant in 2024 for Netanyahu over alleged "war crimes" in Gaza. On the campaign trail, Mamdani has suggested he will arrest Netanyahu if the Jewish leader entered the city under his tenure. MAMDANI'S TOP INCOMING AIDE WAS 'CHIEF ARCHITECT' OF RADICAL PROPOSAL OVERHAULING NYPD "In recent months, there have been irresponsible and frankly absurd statements made by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who has campaigned on the promise of ‘arresting’ you upon setting foot in our city," Vernikov, who is Jewish, wrote in her letter to Netanyahu. "Whether individuals agree or disagree with your policies, you are the duly elected Prime Minister of the State of Israel: a democratic nation that stands as a beacon of hope, freedom, western values, resilience, and strength in a region surrounded by tyranny and terror." Fox News Digital reached out to the Mamdani campaign and Netanyahu’s office for comment. BANK OF AMERICA CEO SEEKS 'IMPORTANT' MEETING WITH MAMDANI, SAYS NYC'S SUCCESS VITAL TO COMPANY In a statement to Fox News Digital, Vernikov said, "From ‘free’ buses to arresting Bibi Netanyahu, all of Mamdani’s ideas are fantasies from a utopian pipe dream that will never become reality. The spoiled kids who voted for him are going to realize very quickly that Zohran Mamdani is a scam." Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., told the New York Times earlier this year that Mamdani's proposal was "simply unrealis…