{"id":329930,"date":"2026-08-26T05:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329930\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T05:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:36:13","slug":"mamdani-says-nyc-may-have-no-jurisdiction-to-cancel-rss-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329930\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani says NYC may have no jurisdiction to cancel RSS event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signalled that his administration is unlikely to intervene to stop RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat\u2019s event at Madison Square Garden, saying the city may not have the authority to cancel a private gathering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t support the rally, but I don\u2019t know if the city has any jurisdiction on canceling a private event,\u201d Mamdani told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His remarks came as a coalition of 61 civil rights, faith, community and advocacy organisations pressed Madison Square Garden to cancel the August 29 event.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"google-news-btn\" style=\"display:inline-block;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"200\" height=\"70\" style=\"display:block;height:70px;width:auto;\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/preferred_publisher.webp\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/preferred_publisher.webp\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"200\" height=\"70\" style=\"display:block;height:70px;width:auto;\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <\/a>    <a href=\"https:\/\/zomato.onelink.me\/xqzv\/xm7r1qyt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Subhan Bakery\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SubhanBakery-Roat.webp\"\/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SubhanBakery-Roat.webp\" alt=\"Subhan Bakery\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani said he opposed movements based on an exclusionary vision while recalling the idea of India he inherited from his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI also stand here as the first Indian American mayor in our city\u2019s history, and my mother\u2019s family is all still in India,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe vision of India that I was taught by my family, and the one that I grew up being very familiar with was of a pluralistic society of a secular republic that believed in the belonging of each and every person who was from India,\u201d Mamdani said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mseducationacademy.in\/ms-neet-repeaters-admission-query\/?ref=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"display: block;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"MS Degree College Admissions Admissions 2026-27\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" style=\"width: auto; max-height: 280px;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MS-Neet-04Aug.webp\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MS-Neet-04Aug.webp\" alt=\"MS Degree College Admissions Admissions 2026-27\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" style=\"width: auto; max-height: 280px;\"\/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Also Read<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/netanyahu-accuses-zohran-mamdani-of-fomenting-hate-3513903\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"also-read-link\">Netanyahu accuses Zohran Mamdani of \u2018fomenting hate\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd it has been incredibly troubling to see the rise of a movement that is predicated on an exclusionary vision of any country, frankly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani said he found himself \u201cin deep opposition\u201d to such a movement, both as an Indian American and as the mayor of a diverse city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brad Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York\u2019s 10th Congressional District, City Council Member Shahana Hanif and representatives of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Dalit and Christian communities joined the campaign against the Bhagwat event at a news conference outside New York City Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to the Garden\u2019s hosting of a German American Bund rally in 1939, Lander added: \u201cIt should not host this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hanif said New York\u2019s diverse South Asian communities \u201chave felt the impacts of the hateful ideology and violence associated with the RSS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amin Zama of the Indian American Muslim Council said the campaign was directed against an ideology rather than a religious community. \u201cOur message today is not against Hindus,\u201d he said. \u201cOur message is against an ideology that seeks to define citizenship and national belonging through religious identity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signalled that his administration is unlikely to intervene to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1092,124043,9,56,63,65,64,59013,82],"class_list":["post-329930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-mayor","tag-mohan-bhagwat","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-rss","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329930","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=329930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}