New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration is examining whether city authorities could arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York for the UN General Assembly in September.

In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, Mamdani said the question was the subject of “an active conversation” with the city’s legal department, but stopped short of repeating his earlier pledge to order Netanyahu’s arrest.

“Whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do,” Mamdani said, reiterating his support for the International Criminal Court warrant against Netanyahu, calling the Israeli leader a “war criminal” who “belongs in The Hague.”

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in November 2024 over allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza, sparked by the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 massacre of Israelis. Israel has rejected both the allegations and the court’s jurisdiction.

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