Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s newly announced inaugural committee is already raising eyebrows — giving controversial children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel a place on the team.
Mamdani on Wednesday named dozens of supporters to the committee — including actress and activist Cynthia Nixon of “Sex and the City” fame — who are advising his transition team on his Jan. 1 inauguration party.
“I’m honored to be joined by some of the most creative and experienced minds in the city as we build an inauguration that is truly by and for New Yorkers,” he said in a statement.
But the inclusion of the toddler whisperer, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, didn’t sit well with everyone.
“Ms. Rachel? She brings false charges against Jews. She smears Jews,” former CUNY trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld told The Post.
“What a disgrace.”
He also pointed out that the two Jewish groups represented on the inaugural committee — Jewish Voice for Peace and New York Jewish Agenda — are far-left and anti-Israel, like Mamdani.
“Jews and Christians are in for a rough ride,” Wiesenfeld said. “Mamdani is not representing the Jewish community in any way, shape or form. This is not David Dinkins’ ‘gorgeous mosaic.’”
Griffin Accurso was accused by a Jewish civil rights watchdog group in April of repeatedly posting pro-Hamas propaganda while ignoring the plight of Israeli children affected by the war in Gaza.
StopAntisemitism called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to launch an investigation into the comments, which the group maintained amounted to anti-Israeli rhetoric – and inappropriate for a podcaster who reaches millions of children.
“We urge you and your office to investigate whether or not Ms. Rachel is being remunerated to disseminate Hamas-aligned propaganda to her millions of followers,” the group’s director, Liora Rez, wrote in a letter to Bondi.
Rez claimed Griffin Accurso “consistently amplifies misinformation from Hamas.”
In a statement on Wednesday, StopAntisemitism questioned Mamdani’s inaugural committee choices.
“If Mamdani sought to reassure Jews that he would be a mayor for ‘All New Yorkers,’ naming this rogue’s gallery to be advisors was not a good way to go about it,” the group said.
“For those Jewish New Yorkers considering relocating, we’re happy to put them in touch with realtors eager to help in Florida, Texas and other locations where they will be welcome.”
Griffin Accurso has defended her comments in the past, saying she cares for the plight of “all children” including Palestinians, Israelis and Americans.
“I care deeply about families and young children,” she also said in a statement to The Post on Wednesday.
“Affordable, accessible, high-quality childcare deserves bipartisan support nationwide, and I’m so glad our city will be prioritizing it with Zohran as mayor,” she said.
Also on the committee are actors Luis Guzman, John Turturro and Kal Penn, along with Broadway star Cole Escola, novelist Min Jin Lee, and internet personality, The Kid Mero.
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