India, July 22 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly conceded Tuesday night that his administration lacks the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits the city in September for the United Nations General Assembly, closing the door on a campaign pledge he had repeated for more than a year while simultaneously calling on the federal government to do what he cannot.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani went back on a campaign promise Tuesday, admitting the city lacks authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits, even as he reaffirmed his view that Netanyahu belongs in a courtroom. In a two-minute video posted on X, Mamdani opened with a declaration stripped of an...