Mamdani Skips New York’s Main India Day Parade, Breaks Long-Standing Mayoral Tradition

New
Yo k:
New
Yo k
Mayo
Zoh a
Mamda i
stayed
away
f om
the
city& squo;s
mai
I dia
Day
pa ade,
b eaki g
a
t aditio
of
the
met opolis’s
top
leade
joi i g
the
te s
of
thousa ds
celeb ati g
the
atio & squo;s
f eedom.

While
he
was
ot
at
the
pa ade
o
Su day,
he
pa ticipated
i
a
smalle
eighbou hood
celeb atio
of
I dia& squo;s
i depe de ce
o
Satu day
i
the
city& squo;s
Quee s
bo ough.

The
Fede atio
of
I dia
Associatio s
that
o ga ised
the
t aditio al
44th
I dia
Day
Pa ade
had
i vited
Mada i,
who
has
I dia
a d
Uga da
backg ou ds,
but
he
did
ot
come,
acco di g
to
a
sou ce
p ivy
to
the
matte .

Mamda i& squo;s
p edecesso s,
i cludi g
Mayo s
E ic
Adams,
Bill
de
Blasio,
Michael
Bloombe g,
a d
Rudy
Giulia i,
had
made
it
a
poi t
to
atte d
the
pa ade
i
Ma hatta ,
which
was
a
t aditio
sta ted
by
the
lege da y
Mayo
Ed
Koch
at
the
i augu al
pa ade
i
1981.

O
Su day,
Mamda i
i stead
we t
to
a
family
day
celeb atio
o ga ised
by
a
associatio
of
public
housi g
eside ts
i
B ookly .

The
political
sta
of
Su day& squo;s
I dia
Day
Pa ade
i
Ma hatta
was
Gove o
Kathy
Hochul.

She
said
she
was
ho ou ed
to
joi
the
celeb atio s
by
the
“vib a t
commu ity& dquo;
of
I dia
Ame ica s.

Ea lie ,
she
had
p oclaimed
August
15
as
I dia
I depe de ce
Day
i
the
state.

Hochul,
a
Democ at,
is
u i g
fo
e-electio
as
gove o
i
Novembe .

Ma chi g
by
he
side
we e
I dia
Ame ica s
Sa ita
Komi eddy,
a
Republica
co testi g
the
electio
fo
atto ey
ge e al,
State
Se ato
Je emy
Coo ey
a d
Co g essma
Sh i
Tha eda .

Afte
pa ticipati g
i
the
Satu day
pa ade
i
Flo al
Pa k,
Mamda i
said
o
X
that
he
was
the e
as
“the
fi st
I dia
Ame ica
mayo
of
New
Yo k
City& dquo;.

He
is
the
so
of
movie
di ecto
Mi a
Naya
a d
Mahmood
Mamda i,
a
Uga da
academic
of
I dia
o igi .

Mamda i
said
i
his
post,
“Mayo
David
Di ki s
o ce
desc ibed
ou
city
as
a
go geous
mosaic.
Today,
I
saw
that
mosaic
i
the
Hi dus
a d
Ch istia s,
Muslims
a d
Jai s,
Buddhists
a d
Sikhs
ac oss
the
I dia
diaspo a
who
have
helped
make
ou
city
what
it
is& dquo;.

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