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2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push

JL;DR SUMMARY Debate intensifies in New York City over potential divestment from Israeli investments by City-administered pension funds, reflecting growing advocacy for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement amidst ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Bds MovementNew York CityJewish Voice For PeaceDivestmentPolitical AdvocacyZohran MamdaniIsrael InvestmentsMark LevinePension FundsTeachers Retirement System

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New York City, New York, United States
"The man who is likely to be New York Citys top finance watchdog under Zohran Mamdani  assuming they both win their races on Tuesday  has said he does not believe Mamdani could divest the citys pension funds of their investments in Israel."
Israel
"While the movement to boycott Israel has called for divestment since 2005, advocacy has ramped up in many places in the last two years during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza."

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