In April 2024, Rodriguez issued agency-wide message marking Arab American Heritage Month that did tackle the human toll of the struggle in Gaza. It urged all DOT workers to “pause and reflect on the pain being felt by so many in the Arab American community, who have had family and friends impacted by the war in Gaza.”
The interior tensions at DOT come because the struggle between Israel and Hamas stays a hot-button subject in New York, with pro-Palestinian protests enjoying out on metropolis streets almost each week and the difficulty being hotly debated throughout this yr’s mayoral marketing campaign.
On this picture taken from a video launched by the Israeli Protection Forces on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, an Israeli tank drives by Gaza Metropolis.
Kayla Mamelak, Adams’ spokeswoman, mentioned his workplace wasn’t concerned in crafting the DOT’s messaging.
With Evan Simko-Bednarski
