New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a war criminal, despite acknowledging the city’s inability to arrest him during his upcoming UN visit. Expressing a clear intention to hold the Israeli leader accountable, Mamdani revealed that his administration had actively “explored every avenue available” to enforce the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant. In a forceful social media video, the mayor labeled Netanyahu “the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people” and affirmed that the ICC charges are fully justified. However, he conceded that local authorities ultimately lack the jurisdiction to detain the visiting head of state this September. “It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant,” Mamdani stated, publicly clarifying the strict legal boundaries of his office.