{"id":367407,"date":"2026-10-08T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367407\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T01:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:00:14","slug":"nyc-politicians-pushing-for-permanent-oct-7-memorial-pending-mamdanis-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367407\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC politicians pushing for permanent Oct. 7 memorial, pending Mamdani&#8217;s OK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Apple politicians are pushing for a permanent memorial honoring the victims of Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023 attack in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who were stolen from us will never be forgotten,\u201d state Sen. Sam Sutton (D-Brooklyn), who is behind the push, said at a press conference Wednesday, on the third anniversary of the massacre.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/07\/us-news\/nyc-mayor-mamdani-uses-3rd-anniversary-of-oct-7-atrocity-to-attack-israel-for-ongoing-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1,200 victims of the devastating attack<\/a> in Israel included several people with deep ties to the tri-state area, including Omer Neutra, a 21-year-old Long Island native and IDF tank commander killed by Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Sam Sutton speaking about the need for a permanent memorial to be created in Brooklyn. NY State Senator Sam Sutton Office<\/p>\n<p>The 1,200 victims of the devastating attack in Israel included several people with deep ties to the tri-state area. John McCarten\/NYC Council Media Unit<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory has taught us the devastating cost of silence when hatred goes unchecked,\u201d Sutton told reporters. \u201cWe refuse to standby while ancient antisemitism hides behind modern slogans. Let them hear us clearly today. We will not be intimidated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jewish politicians \u2014 including City Comptroller Mark Levine, City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Rep. Dan Goldman \u2014 attended the press conference, calling for the roughly<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/06\/opinion\/oct-7-sadly-taught-jews-that-we-stand-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> 6\u00d76-foot memorial to be built<\/a> at Mickey Kairey Garden in Gravesend.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not respond to requests for comment about a proposed Oct. 7 memorial in Gravesend Brooklyn. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Julie Menin attends a rally on the anniversary of the October 7th attacks. John McCarten\/NYC Council Media Unit<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said they are raising private funds for the memorial\u2019s design, construction and eventual upkeep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>But the city Parks Department under Mayor Zohran Mamdani \u2014 an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/07\/opinion\/anti-israel-protesters-show-true-colors-by-celebrating-october-7-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">unabashed longtime critic of Israel <\/a>\u2014 would need to approve the project. Neither the department nor City Hall returned requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said they are raising private funds for the memorial\u2019s design, construction and eventual upkeep.\u00a0 John McCarten\/NYC Council Media Unit<\/p>\n<p>A woman lights a candle as she and others visit the site of the Nova music festival near Reim, southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>The garden is named after Meyer \u201cMickey\u201d Kairey, a decorated World War II combat medic present in the liberation of concentration camps and the founder of the historic Magen David Synagogue in Bensonhurst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor so many families in our community, October 7 is personal. A permanent\u00a0memorial will ensure that the memory of those we lost remains alive for generations to come,\u201d local Democratic District Leader Joey Saban, who is also pushing for the permanent memorial, said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Big Apple politicians are pushing for a permanent memorial honoring the victims of Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023 attack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,61,20455,57,9,56,63,65,64,14182,58,82],"class_list":["post-367407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-brooklyn","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-memorials","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-parks-department","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367407","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=367407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}