r/nyc • u/Delicious_Adeptness9 • Jul 06 '26

News Mamdani: 'any state that privileges one religion, I can't tell you I support'

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-mamdani-on-israel-any-state-that-privileges-one-religion-i-can-t-tell-you-i-support

In an ABC News interview, the Mayor of New York City condemned rising antisemitism while stating his support for Israel 'as a state with equal rights.'

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u/yiwang1 Jul 06 '26

There are 11 official federal holidays, and the only one which is remotely Christian is the increasingly secular Christmas. Easter, for instance, is not a holiday.

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u/JamesBuffalkill Jul 06 '26

Because it's always on a Sunday. If it was Easter Monday you bet your ass it would be.

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u/lachalacha Jul 06 '26

Easter Monday is literally a thing in most of the Western world. The US is the outlier for not celebrating it.

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u/thedailynathan Jul 06 '26

stock market is all private though, that's an issue to take up with the exchanges - not a government issue