Overview
- Screenshots circulated by Canary Mission attribute posts to community coordinator Achmat Akkad that include the line, “1 Israeli left in this world would be one too many.”
- Akkad confirmed by phone to the New York Post that he works for the city Health Department and that he operated the X account in question, then declined further comment.
- The account has been suspended, and reporters say the posts cannot be independently verified beyond the screenshots now shared online.
- City officials, including the Health Department, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office, and Acting Health Commissioner Michelle Morse, have not commented on the new disclosures.
- The revelations follow controversy over an internal DOHMH ‘global oppression’ meeting that criticized Israel, fueling calls for city and federal investigations into the department’s use of public resources.