By Haley Cohen
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s newly tapped director of appointments, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, has a history of antisemitic online posts — including complaining about “money hungry Jews.”
Da Costa, who previously served as executive assistant to former Mayor Bill DeBlasio and was appointed by Mamdani on Wednesday, posted a series of antisemitic comments in 2011 and 2012, which were obtained by the Judge Street Journal. The account — and the posts, which had remained online — was deleted once the outlet published her posts on Thursday.
“Money hungry Jews smh,” Da Costa posted on X in January 2011, according to screenshots.
“Woo! Promoted to the upstairs office today! Working alongside these rich Jewish peeps,” she posted in June 2011.
