Liam Stack

The City Council special election pitting Lindsey Boylan, backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, against Carl Wilson, a community activist, will go to a second round. Mr. Wilson had a substantial lead.

For the second time in six months, protesters gathered outside Park East Synagogue, which was holding an event to promote real estate sales in Israel. A heavy police presence kept the two groups apart.

NEW YORK -- Dueling crowds of protesters rallied outside a pro-Israel event at one of New York's most prominent Modern Orthodox synagogues for the second time in six months Tuesday, sending the city down a familiar and acrimonious path as the conflict in the Middle East once again spilled over into its streets.

Demonstrations outside synagogues have turned real estate sales in Israel and in the occupied territories into a political issue in the city. The protesters’ tactics have disturbed some New Yorkers.

Pro-Palestinian New Yorkers celebrated Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s decision to post about the Palestinians’ day of remembrance, but the move was criticized by some Jewish leaders.

In recent days, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has taken actions that have made the relationship between his office and some Jewish New York leaders more fraught.

The Park Slope Food Co-op, a socially conscious grocery store in a liberal neighborhood, has devolved into dysfunction ahead of a Tuesday vote on the proposed boycott.

In a three-hour meeting, members of the grocery cooperative voted by a margin of more than 2 to 1 in favor of a boycott.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani does not plan to attend the annual Israel Day Parade, which is taking place amid a deterioration of public support for the country and rising antisemitism across the United States.

Parade organizers and New York lawmakers who marched in the parade sought to distance themselves from Bezalel Smotrich, a hard-line Israeli official who attended.