Staten Island crowd boos NYC mayor off stage at pro-police Night Out
At a New York Police Department Night Out event on Staten Island, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani was booed off stage within about a minute as roughly 3,500 attendees drowned out his remarks with chants like “get out of here.” He thanked the crowd with a hand to his heart and walked off as organizers struggled to regain control; critics seized on the moment to attack his policing stance and past controversies, while the article notes his defunding-linked past and other incidents, with comment requests sent to his office and the NYPD.