Mayor Mamdani Mocked With Boos At NYPD Police Event

New York City socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing heavy mockery after supporters claim he was humiliated at one of the city's largest pro-police gatherings on Staten Island.

Mamdani tried to speak to roughly 3,500 residents and families at the New York Police Department's 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against Crime event on Tuesday. His speech lasted less than a minute. Loud boos, jeers, and chants of "get out of here" drowned out his voice immediately.

He attempted to keep talking for a short while, but the noise kept him from being heard. The crowd kept booing. Mamdani ended by thanking them with his signature hand-over-heart gesture, waved, and walked offstage smiling. Even as he left, the audience continued to berate him, shouting expletives. An organizer tried to take control back, yet the mob persisted, shaking fists and booing at him the whole time.

Conservative pundit Eric Daugherty reacted on X, stating, "Mamdani tried to deliver a speech at a New York Police event in Manhattan but was VICIOUSLY booed and jeered off stage," adding, "He walked off in SHAME."

Political commentator Joey Mannarino wrote that Mamdani just got the reception he deserved. He said the mayor was booed, jeered, and screamed off the stage at an NYPD Night Out event in Staten Island in under a minute. Mannarino continued, claiming that cops and working class New Yorkers who this DSA radical spent years attacking finally told him to get out of there. He noted Mamdani stood smiling like an idiot while the crowd chanted for him to leave, concluding that Staten Island sees right through him.

Sal Saverio, President of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, reposted video of the incident on X with this caption: "God Bless America and God Bless the people of Staten Island NY, unofficially known as Staten Italy! Proud to have been born there!!!"

Influencer David Freeman wrote simply that MAMDANI SHOULD BE MOCKED. He said voters are starting to notice the gap between campaign promises and actual price tags. The reception is getting noticeably colder, according to him.

Mamdani has faced criticism over his relationship with police dating back to his mayoral campaign, which was dogged by questions about his past support for defunding the police. After his election, critics renewed those attacks when his budget included cuts to police funding and canceled plans to hire 5,000 new NYPD officers.

He also took criticism for how he handled an incident in February in Washington Square Park dubbed "Snowballgate." A mob of roughly 100 people pelted NYPD officers with snowballs there, leaving two officers injured. Rather than condemning the assault, Mamdani appeared to downplay the violence, referring to the perpetrators as "kids" taking part in a snowball fight.

Rafael Mangual, a local crime expert and Manhattan Institute fellow who is also described as a grocer-turned-lawmaker by some sources, told Fox News Digital that Mamdani did not come out in support of the NYPD in that incident. Instead, he seemed to brush it off and even refused to call for the prosecution of the perpetrators. Mangual added that the actions of the mob clearly qualified as an assault against police officers.

Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani's office and the NYPD for comment but has not received a response yet.