{"id":317348,"date":"2026-08-09T21:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317348\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:04:09","slug":"mamdani-mum-on-icy-relationship-with-rival-espaillat-as-the-two-keep-their-distance-in-nycs-dominican-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317348\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani mum on icy relationship with rival Espaillat as the two keep their distance in NYC&#8217;s Dominican Day parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani stayed mum on the topic of his<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/01\/us-news\/mamdani-launches-dem-civil-war-with-controversial-endorsement-in-ny-13-house-race-its-a-mistake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> icy relationship with Rep. Adriano Espaillat<\/a> as they both marched in the Dominican Day Parade Sunday \u2014 with the two keeping their distance during the festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Hizzoner wouldn\u2019t say if he and the Democratic congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/07\/us-news\/mamdani-gets-cold-shoulder-from-rep-espaillat-as-nypd-boss-forces-smile-during-awkward-appearance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spoke at a press conference about the parade\u2019s security on Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all just focused on the parade,\u201d Mamdani told The Post on the parade route in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, left, with Rep. Adriano Espaillat, at right wearing an aqua colored shirt, during a ceremony for 44th annual National Dominican Day Parade on August 9, 2026, in New York, NY.  James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Mamdani celebrates with parade attendees on Aug. 9, 2026. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The mayor kept his statements general when he was asked specifically if he had seen Espaillat on stage for a ceremony at Sunday\u2019s festivities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good to see everybody on stage, good to see everyone out here,\u201d Hizzoner said.<\/p>\n<p>Espaillat shook his head when a reported asked what it was like to see Mamdani again at the parade.<\/p>\n<p>As the parade swirled, Mamdani stayed mum about his icy relationship with Espaillat. Parade revelers celebrate. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Espaillat was seen walking the parade with Gov. Kathy Hochul, with the two appearing chummy while the mayor walked with his own cadre.<\/p>\n<p>The rotten relationship between the two developed after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/24\/us-news\/mamdani-backed-darializa-avila-chevalier-radical-anti-israel-group-that-demanded-total-eradication-of-western-civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mamdani backed far-left candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier<\/a> in a primary election for Espaillat\u2019s seat in NY-13, which includes Harlem, Washington Heights and parts of the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani stayed mum on the topic of his icy relationship with Rep. Adriano Espaillat as they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[875,2132,57,9,24,55,54,56,273,58,82],"class_list":["post-317348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-adriano-espaillat","tag-democrats","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-parades","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317348","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=317348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}