{"id":156432,"date":"2026-03-07T22:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156432\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T22:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:19:08","slug":"suspicious-devices-found-near-nyc-mayor-mamdanis-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156432\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspicious devices found near NYC Mayor Mamdani\u2019s residence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two suspicious devices were found on Saturday outside Gracie Mansion<\/a>, the official residence of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Officers were on scene at the time for a scheduled demonstration near the residence, the NYPD<\/a> told The Independent.<\/p>\n

They were alerted around midday to the devices and took two \u201cpersons of interest\u201d into custody, police<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo injuries or property damage have been reported at this time,\u201d a department spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if the mayor<\/a> or first lady were present at the residence at the time of the threat.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

Two people were taken into custody Saturday after suspicious devices were found near Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted the mayor\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n

Smoke started coming out of one of the devices, and the NYPD bomb squad is investigating, WABC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photos from the scene appear to show one of the devices, a round object wrapped in metallic tape.<\/p>\n

The arrests took place during an anti-Islam protest led by conservative influencer Jake Lang.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The police bomb squad is reportedly investigating at least one of the devices found on scene (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

At least six people total were arrested amid the demonstration, including one person for disorderly conduct and another for using pepper spray, police sources told ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lang previously gained notoriety for taking part in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.<\/p>\n

President Trump later pardoned him<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two suspicious devices were found on Saturday outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City Mayor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[22111,8409,9,24,56,63,65,64,64676,64675,64677,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-156432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-demonstration","9":"tag-gracie-mansion","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-official-residence","17":"tag-suspicious-devices","18":"tag-the-independent","19":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156432","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=156432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}