NYC Mayor Mamdani Releases 9/11 Video, Attends Ceremony Despite Calls to Skip
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Updated · WABC-TV · Sep 12
NYC Mayor Mamdani Releases 9/11 Video, Attends Ceremony Despite Calls to Skip
3 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · Sep 12
Summary
Zohran Mamdani said he would attend Friday’s Ground Zero ceremony and a 3 p.m. interfaith service after releasing a video ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
In the video, the New York City mayor called the anniversary a “sacred obligation” to honor those “who were stolen from us” by caring for one another.
Ground Zero will also host several prominent critics who urged him to stay away, including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Gov. George Pataki and former Fire Commissioner Thomas von Essen.
Mamdani has spent the past week at firehouses, police precincts and Sept. 11 service events, underscoring his effort to frame the commemoration around remembrance and volunteer work.