纽约市审计长马克·莱文周四为其决定不使用该市养老金投资以色列债券进行辩护，此前这位犹太裔民主党人因撤回一项关键竞选承诺而面临日益增长的批评。
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine on Thursday defended his decision not to use the city’s pension funds to invest in Israeli bonds, after the Jewish Democrat faced mounting criticism for backtracking on a key campaign promise.
莱文掌控着该市约20亿美元养老金的投资方式，自本周早些时候在一次采访中表示他将选择不购买这些债券以来，一直面临反弹。一些犹太领袖指责他违背了去年审计长竞选期间做出的重启购买以色列债券的承诺，并称这可能会进一步助长反犹太主义的上升。
Levine, who controls how some $2 billion of the city’s pension funds are invested, has faced backlash since he said in an interview earlier in the week that he would opt not to purchase the bonds. Some Jewish leaders accused him of breaking a pledge he made during last year’s comptroller race to restart buying Israeli bonds and said it could add further fuel to a rise in antisemitism.