The mayor’s effort to terminate O Cinema’s lease drew a wave of backlash, including dozens of speakers who attended Wednesday’s meeting to support the theater.

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner withdrew a decision to terminate O Cinema's lease and revoke funding at a commission meeting Wednesday.

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has withdrawn his proposed plan to evict O Cinema from its publicly owned building over the theater’s decision to screen the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.”