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Mamdani to Attend 9/11 Memorial Despite 102,000 Petition

9/9/2026

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed he will attend the 25th-anniversary ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial.
A Change.org petition by Giovanni Galante collected over 102,000 signatures urging Mamdani to skip the ceremony.
Relatives criticized Mamdani for hiring Ramzi Kassem, who defended a 2014 al Qaeda detainee at Guantánamo Bay.
Mamdani announced his administration will release more than 170,000 pages of documents on post-9/11 Ground Zero air quality.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed he will attend the 25th-anniversary ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial.
A Change.org petition by Giovanni Galante collected over 102,000 signatures urging Mamdani to skip the ceremony.
Relatives criticized Mamdani for hiring Ramzi Kassem, who defended a 2014 al Qaeda detainee at Guantánamo Bay.
Mamdani announced his administration will release more than 170,000 pages of documents on post-9/11 Ground Zero air quality.