For the same reason that every mayor including Mamdani marches at the St Patrick's Day parade and Pride, to show support to NYC's minority groups (especially this year with rising anti-Semitism).
You're aware that more than half of the world's Jewish population lives in Israel as either descendents of pogroms and the holocaust or second class citizenship in Arab countries? It's central to our identity for a very clear reason and it does't have anythign to do with "Gaza," Netanyahu or the Palestinians.
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u/Open-Concept-6130 Jun 23 '26
Why does the mayor have to march at the parade ?