New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the new military strikes by the US and Israel against Iran were \u201ca catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression,\u201d and that Americans don\u2019t want to fight another war in a foreign country.<\/p>\n
Mamdani issued a statement<\/a> just a few hours after news broke about the coordinated effort between the US and Israel to strike Iran, saying the strike could make the Middle East more unstable, taking the focus away from issues at home.<\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s military strikes on Iran \u2014 carried out by the United States and Israel \u2014 mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression,\u201d Mamdani said in his statement. \u201cBombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace.\u201d<\/p>\n Mamdani\u2019s comments join the growing list of local and national leaders expressing concern over the strike, even though federal officials say the strike was needed to address the growing security issues in the region, though the extent of the damage and casualties was not immediately known.<\/p>\n However, Mamdani emphasized that his main concern at the moment is to ensure that people in New York City are safe, especially because of possible retaliation or hate crimes because of the tension.<\/p>\n \u201cI am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution.\u201d<\/p>\n Mamdani also addressed the Iranians that live in New York City, trying to reassure them of their safety during this tense period.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city \u2014 you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.\u201d<\/p>\n The post NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Slams U.S. and Israel Strikes on Iran as \u2018Catastrophic Escalation\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the new military strikes by the US and Israel against Iran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14670,60,9,24,56,63,65,64,82],"class_list":["post-148589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}