Elected officials are condemning former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for saying Mayor Zohran Mamdani should not attend 9/11 memorial events this week.

Mamdani said he will attend Friday’s annual reading of the names at the 9/11 Memorial and that his focus will be on the families who lost loved ones in the attacks.

“I’m proud to be the mayor of the city. I love the city. I love this country,” Mamdani said. “And what I want this week to be a focus on is on the families whose loved ones were stolen from them 25 years ago, in the horrific act of terror of September 11th.”

Mamdani said he also wants to honor the first responders who worked to help New Yorkers and those who came together in the aftermath of the attacks.

“And so, in the days to come, my focus will be on attending events that memorializes that incredible courage. And I will be there on Friday at the memorial, just as I was last year,” he added.

In an appearance on Newsmax, Giuliani said he was “offended” that Mamdani would attend the memorial. Giuliani, who was mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, also made broader claims about Muslims seeking to take over the United States and Europe.

“This is not, ‘they want to be just another religion.’ They want to dominate us. That’s what they’re taught from the day they begin their extremist religious education. Mamdani is a clear, a clear supporter of that,” Giuliani said.

Giuliani also compared Mamdani, who is Muslim and was 9 years old on Sept. 11, 2001, to the attackers.

“They weren’t hiding it like Mamdani is trying to hide it. Bin Laden declared war on us. Bin Laden took credit for it,” Giuliani said.

Asked whether he had seen Giuliani’s comments, Mamdani said he had nothing more to add.

Other elected officials, however, strongly rebuked the former mayor.

Gov. Kathy Hochul called Giuliani’s comments “wildly inappropriate,” saying the 25th anniversary should be a time for New Yorkers to come together.

“This is a moment in our time we should be united as a people,” Hochul said. “Twenty-five years of pain and sorrow for so many individuals and families. So many first responders, the firemen, doctors are still living at the trauma, and many times the illnesses. This is a time when people should be welcome to come together in our collective grief, memory, honoring those people, not trying to divide us. That’s abhorrent.”

Attorney General Letitia James said Mamdani should be at the memorial.

“He represents the city of New York and he will be there on 9/11 and so will I,” James said.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also defended Mamdani’s attendance.

“Mamdani is the mayor of New York City and of course he should be at 9/11,” Schumer said. “And Giuliani, instead of being divisive, ought to bring people together.”

Giuliani was mayor during the attacks and was widely praised as a national hero in their aftermath. He attends the annual memorial event each year.

But Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said Giuliani’s comments reflect how much his reputation has changed.

“I think this says more about former Mayor Giuliani than it does about New Yorkers as a whole. And he’s lost all credibility. He’s had an incredible fall from grace,” Levine said.

“He is not the national hero that he may have been in the days following 9/11. And perhaps that’s colored his approach to politics. Perhaps his resentment. I don’t know what’s driving him, but I don’t think he has the credibility to make this demand. And I certainly hope that Mayor Mamdani won’t listen to him,” he said.

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams was even more direct.

“Mayor Giuliani should have shut up a long time ago,” Williams said.

The annual reading of the names will take place Friday, Sept. 11, marking the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.