An appointee tapped to join New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration was edited out of a magazine cover featuring his inner circle after antisemitic comments resurfaced, forcing her to resign. Catherine Almonte Da Costa was selected to lead Mamdani's office of appointments, handling “talent recruitment strategy,” until social media posts she wrote as a teenager in 2011 and 2012 were publicized. Da Costa offered Mamdani her resignation on December 18, but had already taken part in a photoshoot for New York magazine the day before, which featured the then-Mayor-elect and his closest aides. She was removed from the front...
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