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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is under fire for refusing to condemn a Williamsburg, Brooklyn coffee shop that publicly told Jewish congressman Dan Goldman he was not welcome, then said it would have turned him away had staff recognized him sooner.
Mamdani declined to comment through a spokesman when contacted by The New York Times Monday, and Fox News Digital received no response from his office either. The silence has proved louder than any statement.
What Poetica Coffee Actually Said The Williamsburg-based Poetica Coffee posted — and later deleted — a message on social media directed at Goldman, a Democratic congressman who has declined to characterize Israel's war in Gaza as a genocide and has received contributions from the pro-Israel lobbying organization AIPAC.
The post told Goldman the shop would have refused him service had employees recognized him, accused him of being a "genocide enabler," and said the money he spent was likely AIPAC funds anyway.
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