{"id":315231,"date":"2026-08-06T14:58:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315231\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:58:48","slug":"zohran-mamdani-drowned-out-by-boos-during-staten-island-nypd-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315231\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani Drowned Out by Boos During Staten Island NYPD Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Zohran Mamdani<br \/>\n                          Welcome to Boo York!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              August 6, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:13 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260806_6e054be870724eec8853ded183204075\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cbffba5c-5d51-4c33-a474-3c33c3784c2a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6e054be870724eec8853ded183204075_md.jpg\" alt=\"zohran mamdani getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/zohran-mamdani\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> got a brutally blunt message from Staten Islanders &#8230; the NYC mayor was drowned out by boos at an NYPD event &#8230; and barely lasted a minute at the mic.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani showed up for a National Night Out Against Crime event, where roughly 3,500 people gathered Tuesday night &#8230; and the welcome was anything but warm.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Video shows boos erupting as Hizzoner approached the podium &#8230; with some people hurling profanities, telling him to leave and giving him a thumbs-down.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani powered through long enough to wish everyone a &#8220;Happy Night Out Against Crime&#8221; &#8230; but his remarks were over in less than a minute before he stepped away from the podium.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The hostile reception apparently didn&#8217;t send Mamdani packing altogether &#8230; he reportedly stuck around briefly afterward to pose for photos with attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Twitter Tweet.<\/p>\n<p>It was quite the change of scenery for the mayor, who appeared alongside NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch at National Night Out events in Brooklyn and Harlem earlier that same evening &#8230; where he praised cops for helping drive down crime.<\/p>\n<p>Then again &#8230; Staten Island has never exactly been Mamdani country &#8230; it was the only borough he lost in the 2025 mayoral election, where he took just 23% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about a tough crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani Welcome to Boo York!!! 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