NEW YORK ? New York City's fire commissioner announced he is leaving the agency in part over Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel. The day after Mamdani won the Nov. 4 mayoral election, FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said he'd made an “emotional decision” to resign from the nation’s largest fire department. Mamdani doesn't support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, instead saying Israel should exist as a state with equal rights for all. Mamdani has called Israel’s devastating siege of Gaza a "genocide" following the Hamas-led 2023 attacks in southern Israel. In his recent White House meeting with...
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