NEW YORK (VINnews) — As Mayor Zohran Mamdani left New York City Sunday for a weeklong family vacation upstate, former state Assemblyman Dov Hikind took a swipe at the mayor, saying New Yorkers would be better off while he is away.
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“With the mayor out of town, Jews will be as safe as they were right before he left. Same goes for the rest of New York City,” Hikind wrote Sunday on X.
With the mayor out of town, Jews will be as safe as they were right before he left. Same goes for the rest of New York City. https://t.co/FqW2o19057
— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) August 16, 2026
City Hall said Mamdani and his family will spend the week in upstate New York. The mayor is not expected to hold public events during his vacation but will continue receiving regular updates from senior staff.
First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan will oversee day-to-day city operations during Mamdani’s absence. City Hall did not disclose the family’s exact destination and said the mayor is expected to return in a week.
Bruce Blakeman 2026!
Machshemoi
Ellenville? Swan lake? Woodbourne pizza?
Not sure the purpose of Mr. Hikind’s tweet
Does anyone know if DH has made arrangements to be arrested upstate or will he wait until the Mayor returns to NYC
to do his photo shoot being led away by the cops (wink, wink).
Get a message to Mamdani to stay on vacation as long as he wishes. No one will miss him. The city operates better without him. If he likes, Mamdani can go back to Uganda for a few months.
False. Mamdani most likely did not go swimming in a pool wearing a suit and tie.
It would be good for Am Yisroel and for the city if multitudes of frum yidden, would leave the city and go home.
Which bungalow colony is he going to? Ichud?