NYC Mayor Adams to travel to Israel during last weeks in office

Josephine Stratman and Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News on Nov 10, 2025

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NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, whose term expires at the end of December, is heading to Israel later this week to meet with government officials and business leaders, visit religious sites and talk about antisemitism, according to his office.

The visit comes as Adams has talked for weeks about securing a new job once he leaves office Dec. 31. The trip also provides a split-screen between the mayor and his successor, Zohran Mamdani, who’s been highly critical of Israel.

“Countries are calling me and asking me to do what I did in New York City,” Adams told reporters last week. “There’s an amazing opportunity that’s waiting for me.” He leaves Friday for Israel and is scheduled to return Nov. 18.

Since he dropped his re-election bid in September, Adams has focused on a number of international pursuits. He traveled to Albania in October and to Washington, D.C. last week to meet with leaders from Uzbekistan, including President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Liz Garcia, a spokesperson for the mayor, said the city would be picking up the bill for the Israel trip, but she didn’t specify the cost. It’s unclear if other City Hall officials will accompany the mayor on the trip or which Israeli officials the mayor plans to meet with.

The mayor has visited Israel several times, most recently in August 2023. Adams also met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September during the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

His Israel trip comes as a source close to the mayor said a U.S. ambassadorship remains one of several potential professional avenues Adams is looking at for post-City Hall employment. Sources have previously said advisers close to President Donald Trump were at one point looking at potentially lining up an ambassadorship in Saudi Arabia for Adams.

Adams’ decision to exit the 2025 mayoral race came after Trump administration officials and local business leaders floated the idea of finding a job for him in exchange for a commitment to suspend his reelection campaign to narrow the field against Mamdani, now the mayor-elect.

Adams has a distinctly different approach to Israel from his successor. Mamdani has long advocated for Palestine and is supportive of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement against Israel. While Mamdani was criticized for stances some view as fostering antisemitism, his campaign was, in part, helped by anger with Israel over its conduct during the war in Gaza.

Adams has faced scrutiny for his overseas relationships. His federal corruption indictment, which was dismissed by Trump’s administration, alleged the mayor was given discounted flights and hotel stays as bribes from Turkish government officials in exchange for carrying out political favors.

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