Overview
- The Council approved the worship measure 44–5 and the schools measure 30–19 on Thursday, creating veto-proof support only for the worship bill.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday he is reviewing the bills and cited serious constitutional concerns about free speech rights.
- The houses-of-worship bill directs the NYPD to draft and publicly post a plan within about 45 days that explains when and how to use security perimeters rather than setting fixed distances.
- The schools bill would require similar NYPD plans for educational sites across the city and could be blocked by a mayoral veto given its narrower margin.
- The legislation replaced proposed 100-foot buffer zones after objections from Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and civil liberties groups, a shift driven by a November protest at Park East Synagogue and months of campus demonstrations.