Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly mourned an accused career criminal killer who died on Rikers Island this week \u2014 and the family of the victim slain in the sick, unprovoked attack is now livid, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n
Hizzoner said on X<\/a> that he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the in-custody death \u2014 the seventh so far this year at the troubled jail complex \u2014 adding that, \u201cmy thoughts are with his family and loved ones as they grieve this loss.\u201d<\/p>\n The inmate was identified as 41-year-old Clarence Woodward, an ex-con with nearly 30 arrests on his rap sheet, who was found unresponsive in his cell shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday while awaiting trial for murder in the gruesome 2024 attack at a Bronx laundromat<\/a>.<\/p>\n Marisol and Angel Miranda, the mother and brother of Jose Miranda, in their West Haverstraw, NY home on Aug. 27, 2026. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n To the family of victim Jose Miranda, the mayor\u2019s statement was \u201ca slap in the face.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s terrible,\u201d his grieving mother, Marisol Miranda, told The Post on Thursday, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s not fair. That\u2019s not fair at all.\u201d<\/p>\n The Rockland Country resident said that the mayor\u2019s sorrow was misplaced, and should have instead been aimed at her beloved son, a 45-year-old dad of two who worked as a barber when he was stabbed to death.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not happy with what [Mamdani] did and I need him talking about my son. He was killed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Angel Miranda, the victim\u2019s younger brother, agreed: \u201cThat\u2019s not right.\u201d<\/p>\n Accused career criminal Clarence Woodward, who allegedly murdered Miranda in a Bronx laundromat, was found dead in his Rikers Island jail cell on Tuesday. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n Surveillance video showing Woodward allegedly stab Miranda randomly in 2024. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n Woodward was still awaiting trial for the brutal murder. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cHe could have paid his regards but acknowledged us too,\u201d Miranda, 41, noted. \u201cHe should have mentioned us first and then, \u2018Sorry the person that did it also has passed away too.\u2019 <\/p>\n \u201cAt least give us a little heads up and a little gratuity towards us. We lost a family member. You can never replace that. I\u2019m still going through it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was\u00a0a\u00a0slap\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0face,\u201d Miranda added.<\/p>\n A tweet by Mamdani regarding the death of Woodward at Rikers Island. X\/ Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/p>\n Marisol Miranda called the mayor\u2019s tweet about Woodward\u2019s death a \u201cslap in the face\u201d to her family. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n His mom said she had been dreading Woodward\u2019s murder trial and having to hear \u201cwhat he did to me, what he did to my son\u201d in open court.<\/p>\n But she said that as a Christian woman, she did not want to speak badly about the accused killer.<\/p>\n \u201cI leave everything\u00a0in\u00a0God\u2019s hands. He\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0one who can judge,\u201d Marisol Miranda said.<\/p>\n Woodward faced life in prison if he\u2019d been convicted of murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, assault and weapons charges in the Aug. 8, 2024, attack at 303 Laundromat in the Claremont section of The Bronx.<\/p>\n Murder victim Jose Miranda was known as a friendly and well known presence in his Claremont neighborhood. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n He\u2019d been out after a stint in state prison for only about a month when police said Woodward randomly attacked Miranda and another man at around 2:40 a.m. inside the business, which was open 24\/7.<\/p>\n The homeless parolee first stabbed Jose Miranda, who was sitting in a chair, multiple times in the legs, torso and back, leaving him mortally wounded, police said. <\/p>\n He then attacked the second victim, a 47-year-old homeless man who had been sleeping inside the laundromat, stabbing him in the legs and torso, according to cops.<\/p>\n NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by accused killer Clarence Woodward\u2019s death. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n Shocking surveillance images showed the blood-splattered scene, with one man laying in a pool of blood on the floor and the second victim slumped over on a box while the suspect stood over them both.<\/p>\n Another image showed the killer moments before he plunged the knife into Miranda\u2019s back.<\/p>\n