{"id":6714,"date":"2025-12-20T14:33:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:33:51","slug":"top-mamdani-appointee-resigns-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=6714","title":{"rendered":"Top Mamdani Appointee Resigns After"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Abrupt Exit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior appointee in New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani\u2019s incoming administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>resigned Thursday after old social media posts resurfaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resignation came just days after her appointment, putting the transition team under scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Backlash Over Posts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catherine Almonte Da Costa, chosen as director of appointments,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>stepped down after the ADL condemned posts from 2011\u20132012 referencing&nbsp;<strong>\u201cmoney hungry Jews,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201crich Jewish peeps,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;and calling a Far Rockaway train&nbsp;<strong>\u201cthe Jew train.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ADL said the remarks echoed antisemitic tropes and demanded accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Apology and Response<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Da Costa deleted her X account and apologized,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>saying she spoke with Mamdani and that her past comments do not reflect who she is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Broader Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamdani accepted her resignation, calling it a distraction ahead of his swearing-in,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>raising concerns about vetting and leadership judgment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abrupt Exit A senior appointee in New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani\u2019s incoming administration resigned Thursday after old social media posts resurfaced. The resignation came just days after her appointment, putting the transition team under scrutiny. Backlash Over Posts Catherine Almonte Da Costa, chosen as director of appointments, stepped down after the ADL condemned posts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6716,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions\/6716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}