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Zohran Mamdani’s newly named director of appointments abruptly resigned Thursday after resurfaced social media posts confirmed she made antisemitic remarks, in keeping with stories.
Catherine Almonte Da Costa, tapped to serve within the incoming New York Metropolis mayoral administration, stepped down after the Anti-Defamation League of New York/New Jersey raised issues about her previous on-line exercise.
The posts, reportedly made between 2011 and 2012 on a now-deleted X account, included references to “cash hungry Jews,” “wealthy Jewish peeps,” and calling a Far Rockaway practice “the Jew practice.”
“Her social media footprint contains posts from greater than a decade in the past that echo basic antisemitic tropes and in any other case demean Jewish folks,” the ADL wrote on X.
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“Tweeting about ‘cash hungry Jews’ is indefensible. We recognize Da Costa has relationships with members of the Jewish group, however her posts require quick clarification not simply from Ms. Da Costa, but additionally from the mayor-elect,” the submit stated. Da Costa deleted her account and supplied her resignation.
“I spoke with the mayor-elect this afternoon, apologized, and expressed my deep remorse for my previous statements,” Da Costa instructed the Decide Avenue Journal Thursday.
“These statements should not indicative of who I’m. Because the mom of Jewish kids, I really feel a profound sense of unhappiness and regret on the hurt these phrases have triggered. As this has turn out to be a distraction from the work at hand, I’ve supplied my resignation,” she stated.
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Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned quickly after being named director of appointments following ADL issues (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu by way of Getty Photos)
Mamdani accepted the resignation, telling the Decide Avenue Journal, which first reported the posts: “Catherine expressed her deep regret over her previous statements and tendered her resignation, and I accepted.”
Mamdani had stated that Da Costa can be in command of bringing “prime expertise into this administration.”
Da Costa beforehand labored for former Mayor Invoice de Blasio’s administration on its census crew.
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Catherine Almonte Da Costa has apologized for posts referencing ‘cash hungry Jews’ and different derogatory feedback. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu by way of Getty Photos)
Along with the antisemitic remarks, different resurfaced posts revealed derogatory feedback towards the NYPD, together with references to “NYPD piggies,” in keeping with the New York Submit.
The resignation got here lower than two weeks earlier than Mamdani is to be sworn in as New York Metropolis mayor.
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Fox Information Digital reached out to Zohran Mamdani, Catherine Almonte Da Costa and the ADL, who stated they’d no additional remark to make at this level.
