New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani told business leaders that he would begin to discourage the use of the phrase “globalize the intifada” after being pressed on his views by Pfizer Inc. chief executive Albert Bourla,

Zohran Mamdani said he would discourage the use of the slogan “globalize the intifada” in a roughly hourlong meeting with some of New York City’s most powerful executives on Tuesday, seeking to defuse an issue that has prompted a backlash from the business community and beyond.