New York, July 19 -- The administration of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is assessing its legal options regarding the potential visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the United Nations General Assembly in September.

The decision was confirmed by Mamdani during a conversation with The New York Times, where he stated that internal consultations are underway alongside the city's legal advisers to evaluate the specific boundaries of mayoral enforcement powers.

"Whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that's what we will do, but we won't be writing our own laws to that end," Mamdani said, clarifying that he is currently maintaining "an active conversation" with the New York City Law Department to address the ...