Should a mayor have a foreign policy?
It’s a curious thing to have.
After all, a mayor might have some control over the police force.
But they don’t have F-15s or B-2 bombers at their command.
So why do certain candidates talk as though they do?
This week the Democratic front-runner for mayor of this city, Zohran Mamdani, was in the news again for his foreign-policy positions.
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These include his claim that if he is elected in November he will look to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he even sets foot in this city.
Mamdani has also suggested that he would also look to arrest the prime minister of India — Narendra Modi — if he comes to New York.
Of course if a mayor of New York did have any