NYC Mayor Angers Italian-Americans by Skipping Columbus Day Parade
He cited Italian American Heritage Month in a video while Gov. Hochul joined the march, and organizers did not immediately comment.
- On Monday, New York City Mayor Mamdani declined to march in the Columbus Day Parade, breaking with a tradition long observed by previous mayors.
- While the mayor avoided the event, Gov. Hochul marched up Fifth Ave amid ongoing controversy regarding Christopher Columbus's treatment of Native Americans.
- In 2020, Mamdani posted a photo giving the middle finger to a Columbus statue, captioning it "Take it down," though he recently released a video titled "Happy Italian American Heritage Month."
- Mamdani has skipped other events, including May's Israel Day Parade, stating, "There are many parades that I would not be attending because I'd be focusing on the work of leading the city."
- Over his 10 months in office, the mayor has attended various other cultural celebrations, while organizers of the Columbus Day Parade did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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He had announced it in the election campaign, and kept his promise: the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, did not participate in the parade on Fifth Avenue on the occasion of the Columbus Day. A decision that, although widely anticipated, has aroused the disappointment of some Italian Americans of New York and the organizers of the city parades for the Columbus [...] The article New York, Mayor Mamdani deserts the parade of the Columbus Day. An…
“He disrespects the Italian-American communities and the fact that he does not participate in the parade confirms it,” said the president of the Columbus Heritage Foundation. The event has been at the center of controversy for years and there are those who support the choice of the first citizen
The president of the Columbus Heritage Foundation: 'The lack of respect for the Italian-American communities and the fact that he does not participate in the parade confirms this' (ANSA)
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