They get no respect.<\/p>\n
Traditional immigrant groups that built the Big Apple are being shoved aside by City Hall, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman<\/a> told reporters from the heart of Italian culture in the Bronx.<\/p>\n Speaking on Arthur Avenue, Blakeman said Italian, Irish, Polish, Jewish and German communities are \u201cbeing left behind\u201d by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani \u2014 who sparked controversy by leaving the city\u2019s two Little Italy neighborhoods off an immigrant enclave map released <\/a>over the summer.<\/p>\n Bruce Blakeman, the GOP candidate for governor, said lefty pols are casting traditional immigrant groups aside. Tomas E. Gaston for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cI do think there is an attack on the immigrants that built this county, that buit this state and built this city,\u201d the Nassau County executive said. \u201cI think they\u2019re being left behind by this current administration here in New York City and the governor.<\/p>\n \u201cThey don\u2019t recognize the achievements that those immigrants made,\u201d Blakeman said. <\/p>\n Mamdani\u2019s \u201cNew York City Immigrant Enclaves\u201d map identified 30 immigrant communities marked with flags across the five boroughs \u2014 but omitted Little Italy, one of the city\u2019s oldest neighborhoods.<\/p>\n A red-faced Mamdani said the city would be making \u201cadditional changes\u201d to the botched map in the future, \u201cincluding Little Italy.\u201d He even tried to blame former Mayor Eric Adams for the blunder.<\/p>\n Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s botched immigrant enclave map omitted two Little Italy neighborhoods in the city. New York City Tourism + Conventions<\/p>\n NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani claimed he would update his botched immigrant enclave map that sparked controversy.. James Messerschmidt for NY Post<\/p>\n But the damage was done, with critics, including the City Council Italian Caucus, calling the map \u201cincomplete at best and insulting at worst\u201d in July. <\/p>\n Blakeman said Sunday Italian-American New Yorkers and other entrenched immigrant groups in the five boroughs are being disrespected \u2014 something he won\u2019t do if elected governor.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were left off the immigrant tourists map,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cNot one Little Italy but two, the one on Arthur Avenue here and the one on Mott and Mulberry streets in Lower Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n