Zohran Mamdani told a group of top business leaders in New York City on Tuesday that he would discourage the use of the phrase “globalize the intifada,” according to two people who were in the room during the meeting,

The comments came in a closed-door meeting with an influential business consortium, the New York Times reported.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani told top business leaders he would discourage the use of the phrase “globalize the intifada”. While Mamdani appeared to soften on the controversial slogan,