“This is a moment where Jewish self-concern — safety — is on the docket,” Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue told “Fox & Friends First” on Wednesday.

“I would love nothing more than it not to be on the docket, that New Yorkers are just arguing over sanitation and police and taxation and the things that make our city great, but this is a moment that we need to speak up about Jewish self-concern.”

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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference in the Bronx where he was endorsed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Sept. 17, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cosgrove warned his synagogue Saturday that Mamdani “poses a danger to the security of the New York Jewish community,” pointing to the Democratic socialist’s “refusal to condemn inciteful slogans like ‘globalize the Intifada’” and his “repeated accusation of [Israeli] genocide” as evidence.

After longstanding pressure, Mamdani said last month he would “discourage” use of the “globalize the intifada” phrase, which is commonly associated with violence against Israel.

Mamdani has a lengthy record of criticizing Israel, at one point insisting New York City should honor the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to visit the city.

However, he rejects claims he is antisemitic.

As Election Day closes in, Cosgrove says now is the time for outreach.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joins New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the “Fighting Oligarchy” town hall at Brooklyn College on Sept. 6, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

“When I’m speaking to the Park Avenue Synagogue community, I’m preaching to the choir already,” he said.

“But there are folks in the non-Jewish community, in the Jewish community who are ambivalent, who are undecided, and I think this is the moment in time that we all need to reach out to our networks of influence.”

“Not everyone has a pulpit, but everyone has friends, colleagues, family members who we have to have those one-on-one conversations [with] and throw a flag on the field and say, ‘We can disagree on an issue here and there, but when it comes to the safety of the Jewish community, there is no gray area.'”

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Mamdani’s campaign has noted his support from Jewish elected officials — including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander — in response to antisemitism concerns, according to POLITICO.

His campaign also noted that leaders of the Orthodox Jewish community had sued his rival, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, for pandemic policies that were allegedly “antisemitic” and pointed to Mamdani’s plan to help tackle antisemitism by “increasing funding to prevent hate crimes by 800%,” per the report.

If elected, Mamdani would become New York City’s first Muslim mayor.

Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.

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The Shane Jones Act, named in honor of an Air Force veteran and father of four killed outside Tampa in a 2019 motorcycle crash involving an intoxicated illegal immigrant driving without a license, was proposed on Monday to give “teeth” to existing immigration policy.

“It’s a great idea because it sends the message that we will not tolerate our local law enforcement or local governments not cooperating with immigration officials when they don’t enforce immigration laws,” said State Rep. Berny Jacques Thursday on “Fox & Friends First.”

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Federal agents detain a person after attending a court hearing at immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building in New York City on July 1, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Jacques, a Republican who introduced the bill, explained that victims would be suing the government entity that “failed to enforce” immigration laws.

He also said the Sunshine State has been leading on the issue.

“We’ve been telling folks that this is not a sanctuary state, and we’re not just telling folks, we’ve put that into law, so this puts teeth into that law to make sure that no agency of the state, no political subdivision, would violate that,” he added.

Nikki Jones, the widow of Shane Jones, joined the program on Thursday to discuss the bill and how losing her husband has devastated her family.

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This graphic, taken from “Fox & Friends First,” details the proposed Shane Jones Act in Florida. (Fox & Friends First)

“Now, I’m a single mom, and trying to hold a house down and nobody holding accountability was extremely hard,” she said.

“He [the illegal immigrant] had contact with law enforcement three times prior; ICE was never involved, and he just kept getting let out on our soil to continue to commit traffic violation crimes.”

Nikki said, if she had been able to sue at the time of her husband’s death, the compensation would have helped.

“My biggest fear, in the long run, is losing my home, mine and my girls, and we should not be living in that fear over a crime that was absolutely 100% preventable,” she said.

Jacques said proceeds from the “very strong fine” for failing to enforce immigration laws would go toward compensating victims of migrant crime.

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According to a New York Post report, that fine would be $10,000.

“We hope this is a strong deterrent because it’s not going to be an easy path when you have grieving widows, grieving mothers,” Jacques said.

“There are a lot of folks who’ve lost their loved ones from illegal aliens… and it is 100% preventable when you knew these people were here, and you engage in catch and release. We don’t have that in Florida, but we want to make sure that we strengthen that in our laws if ever there is an official that thinks they can violate the law.”

Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.

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