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- Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend the 25th-anniversary 9/11 ceremony despite a Republican-backed petition urging him not to.
- Senators John Kennedy (R) and John Thune (R) backed the 85,000-signature petition, which Curtis Sliwa called ridiculous.
- Elizabeth Miller of September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows said Mamdani should be allowed to honor the victims.
- A Siena Research poll showed Mamdani’s favorability rose to 69 % overall and 78 % among Black voters since September 2025.
