Mayor Mamdani is pushing back against criticism over his choices on who will advise him on judicial appointments.
Israel has completed the identification of the bodies of two more hostages, Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Wednesday, as JD Vance held high-level meetings in Israel to nudge forward Gaza's fragile ceasefire.
While President Donald Trump has declared the Israel-Hamas war over, some Middle East experts say the process to end the two-year conflict is just beginning.
Trump says Israel would have the "full backing" of the United States to take steps to defeat Hamas if it doesn't accept proposed peace deal.
Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly that Israel "must finish the job" against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant U.N. speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war in Gaza.
The official said it "wasn't sufficient' to "adequately warn regional partners."