NYC mayor wants police to arrest Netanyahu at the UN
Just picture local traffic cops cuffing a foreign head of state right outside the UN headquarters.
The mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, openly announced that his office is exploring whether local cops can detain Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he lands for the UN General Assembly. In his view, the Israeli leader has an active arrest warrant from the ICC and belongs in The Hague, not staying in a luxury Midtown hotel.
There is just one tiny logistical snag: city hall has no idea whether city police actually have the legal power to touch a visiting world leader. City attorneys are now deep in municipal law books trying to figure out if local badges can override standard diplomatic immunity, with the mayor promising they will do whatever the law permits without inventing new rules on the fly.
A city government attempting to enforce international tribunal warrants against a nuclear-armed head of state is quite the leap for municipal management.
Source: NYT
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