Park East Synagogue Hosts Israeli West Bank Real Estate Expo Under New Buffer-Zone Law; Mamdani Condemns Settlement Sales

The Great Israeli Real Estate Event held at Park East Synagogue (Upper East Side) became the first major test of NYC's new house-of-worship buffer-zone law. ~100+ protesters were kept ~one block away by NYPD barricades; chants included "intifada revolution" and "From the river to the sea." Mamdani issued a written statement: "deeply opposed" to the expo's promotion of "land in settlements in the Occupied West Bank," calling them "illegal under international law and deeply tied to the ongoing displacement of Palestinians." Statement landed amid Speaker Menin's buffer-zone law (introduced after a Nov 2025 Park East protest, took effect days earlier).

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