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Mamdani says NYC is exploring whether it can arrest Netanyahu if Israeli leader visits for UN General Assembly

Far-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration is actively exploring whether the city has the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York for this month's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), escalating one of his sharpest criticisms yet of the foreign leader.In remarks first reported by The New York Times, Mamdani called Netanyahu a "war criminal" who "belongs in the Hague" and said his administration is in an "active conversation" with the city's Law Department over what legal authority New York City possesses should the I...