Zohran Mamdani attended the 9/11 memorial event in New York. Rudy Giuliani had said he ought not to attend. The brother of a Muslim police officer slain in the attacks said he was dismayed at those calls. Mamdani appeared next to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. He refused to keep away.
Separately, his administration rolled out a free childcare scheme for two-year-olds. The rollout faced high demand and difficulties. Mamdani also talked about the city not sharing early information about toxic air after the 9/11 attacks.