(NEW YORK, NY, 3/3/26) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on WABC to drop the openly racist radio host Sid Rosenberg following his latest anti-Muslim attacks on Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
In an X post, Sid Rosenberg called Mayor Mamdani a “Radical Islam cockroach” and a “Jihadist America hating mayor,” while urging Trump to intervene.
SEE: Sid Rosenberg Attacks Mamdani as ‘Cockroach,’ Stirs Social Media Firestorm | VINnews
In a statement, CAIR-NY Executive Director Afaf Nasher said:
“Mr. Rosenberg’s latest vile, racist attacks on Mayor Mamdani are completely unacceptable and completely unsurprising. Mr. Rosenberg has a long history of such comments, from comparing Black women to apes to now comparing New York’s first Muslim mayor to a cockroach. WABC should not host the program of such a hateful, slanderous bigot.”
CAIR previously called for Mr. Roseberg to be dismissed for hateful remarks on the 9/11 terror attacks and said that Rosenberg never should have been hired due to his past racist remarks about Black women.
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Afaf Nasher, Esq. CAIR-NY Executive Director, ANasher@cair.com
CAIR-NY Communications Team, comms@ny.cair.com