Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani didn’t work together with of a cadre of Trump administration officers and his opponents within the Metropolis Corridor race in the course of the 9/11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan on Thursday.
All through the hours-long ceremony at Floor Zero, Mamdani, whose upstart marketing campaign is polling as the favourite to win November’s election, remained close to the again of a cordoned-off space the place elected officers and different dignitaries have been instructed to face because the names of the victims of the 9/11 assaults have been learn.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams speaks with Dan Bongino, Deputy director of the FBI, (L) and Kash Patel, the FBI director, (R) as they attend the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony on the Nationwide 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Pictures)
Upon arriving, Mamdani, a democratic socialist, didn’t greet or in any other case work together with Mayor Adams, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo or a gaggle of Trump administration officers, together with FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and White Home adviser Peter Navarro.
Mamdani — who has been falsely denigrated as a “communist” by Trump — additionally didn’t greet or converse with ex-Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani.
Adams and Cuomo, who’re operating as independents towards Mamdani within the November race, did interact with a lot of the authorities officers readily available.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, his spouse Tammy Snyder Murphy, and New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams are pictured in the course of the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony on the Nationwide 9/11 Memorial and Museum on the twenty fourth anniversary of 9/11 assaults Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in New York, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Adams — who’s reportedly contemplating dropping out of the mayoral race so as to take a job in President Trump’s administration or the non-public sector — was seen exchanging phrases with Patel, Bongino and Lutnick and in addition spoke with Giuliani and Bloomberg at size. Cuomo was additionally seen talking with Bongino, Giuliani and Bloomberg, who spent hundreds of thousands of {dollars} on anti-Mamdani efforts throughout June’s Democratic mayoral major.
Not one of the mayoral candidates have been seen talking with one another.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, and New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams are pictured in the course of the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony on the Nationwide 9/11 Memorial and Museum on the twenty fourth anniversary of 9/11 assaults Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in New York, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Mamdani did alternate pleasantries with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Janno Lieber, the chairman of the MTA. His spokeswoman mentioned the Dem nominee didn’t work together with any Trump aides or different mayoral candidates as a result of the tent is organized by elected rank and, as an meeting member he was instructed to face towards the rear.
Andrew Giuliani, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Rudy Giuliani are pictured in the course of the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony on the Nationwide 9/11 Memorial and Museum on the twenty fourth anniversary of 9/11 assaults Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in New York, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Vice President JD Vance was scheduled to be on the service however pulled out on the final minute to as a substitute go to Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, to pay his respects to Charlie Kirk’s household. Trump marked the twenty fourth anniversary of the assaults in a ceremony on the Pentagon.
Lots of of civilians additionally gathered close to Floor Zero to honor the victims.
VIPS are pictured in the course of the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony on the Nationwide 9/11 Memorial and Museum on the twenty fourth anniversary of 9/11 assaults Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in New York, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Randy Mastro, Adams’ first deputy mayor, spoke for some time with Giuliani, his previous boss, squeezing arms and kissing the ex-mayor on the cheek.
The mayor, in a collection of tv hits early Thursday morning, mentioned town nonetheless feels the affect of the tragedy. “Even 24 years later, we’re seeing the residual impact of that terrorist act,” he mentioned.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, left, talks to Andrew Cuomo in the course of the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony on the Nationwide 9/11 Memorial and Museum on the twenty fourth anniversary of 9/11 assaults Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in New York, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Amid buzz he’s contemplating dropping out of the mayoral race to take a Trump administration job, Adams instructed enterprise leaders in a Wednesday afternoon assembly that he plans to conduct an inside ballot “to make a decision” on whether or not the to remain in — a remark first reported by NBC4 and later confirmed by sources in addition to his spokesman, Todd Shapiro.
Initially Printed: September 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM EDT
