It’s not the first time President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding for local politicians, particularly those in blue states.

Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel, is the expected Democratic nominee for mayor in America’s most Jewish city and that’s raising alarms among some in the New York’s Jewish community

Whoever is mayor of New York is going to have to behave themselves or the federal government is coming down very tough on them financially,’