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5,000-Signature Petition Aims to Bar NYC Mayor from 9/11 Memorial

7/26/2026

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A petition seeks to bar New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from the 9/11 memorial.
Florida relator Giovanni Galante launched it, gathering over 5,000 signatures.
Petitioners say Zohran Mamdani’s refusal to condemn “globalize the intifada,” praise of Imam Siraj Wahhaj, hiring of lawyer Ramzi Kassem, Zohran Mamdani’s father’s book calling suicide bombers a “feature of modern political violence,” and survivors’ claims that his past Israel and radical-Islam remarks merit exclusion.

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A petition seeks to bar New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from the 9/11 memorial.
Florida relator Giovanni Galante launched it, gathering over 5,000 signatures.
Petitioners say Zohran Mamdani’s refusal to condemn “globalize the intifada,” praise of Imam Siraj Wahhaj, hiring of lawyer Ramzi Kassem, Zohran Mamdani’s father’s book calling suicide bombers a “feature of modern political violence,” and survivors’ claims that his past Israel and radical-Islam remarks merit exclusion.