NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism after breaking his Ramadan fast with inmates at Rikers Island, drawing scrutiny over his focus on detainees versus injured police officers.
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Mamdani said the visit to the city’s jail complex was one of his “most meaningful evenings” in office, describing it as part of his identity as a Muslim New Yorker and a broader effort to emphasize dignity and shared community.
Earlier this week, I broke fast at Rikers Island with New Yorkers in custody, Department of Correction staff, Commissioner Stanley Richards, and Councilmember Yusef Salaam.
It was a night that will stay with me for quite some time. People sharing what little they have: breaking… pic.twitter.com/6Serzy6Mt2
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) March 20, 2026
The visit included an iftar meal with inmates and city correction officials, and marked the first time a New York City mayor has participated in Ramadan observances at Rikers, according to officials.
Critics, including law enforcement voices and political commentators, questioned his priorities, arguing he has not made similar public visits to injured police officers or crime victims. Some pointed to his earlier visit to the family of a man shot by police after attacking officers with a knife.
Supporters of the mayor said the event reflected his commitment to community engagement and his pledge to eventually close the Rikers Island jail complex.
The mayor’s office did not directly respond to criticism. The Department of Correction said the meals were donated and did not cost taxpayers.
Sick, just not long ago we watched the twin towers collapse and witnessed people dying , and we vote for this evil mayor ?
25 years after 9/11 and the Mayor of NYC is having a Ramadan meal in Rikers Island. The Muslim takeover of the West is going faster than even Osama Bin-Laden could have imagined.
Dumb New Yorkers deserve what they vote for.
Mamdani ימ״ש is following Hitler’s playbook. Hitler’s Brown Shirts were made up of prisoners and the dregs of society . Starting with his “ beer hall putsch”,in 1923 that put Hitler on the map, these thugs terrorized Austria and Germany and were the predecessors of the savage gestapo. Mamdani and the rest
of the socialist goons are following the same playbook .G-d help us. Thank you to
Messieurs Neiderman and Indig of Satmar, the Neturei Karta, Chuck Schumer, Brad Lander, Gerry Nadler and all the other Jewish politicians in NY for giving him cover and conferring legitimacy upon him.If they think that they are not next on the menu , they are sadly mistaken
a Muslim all the way !!!!!!!!!!!!!
needs to be replaced very fast
Shoving his “Muslim” faith down NY’s throat
Islam is the broom of Israel!
If you can look at this man and not see the face of evil…..get your eyes checked.
Im not upset at this , dont we have big rabbis all the years visiting Jewish inmates before yomim toivim? why cant he visit muslim inmates? why is this so bad? Im more upset that hes against Iran war and that he lets criminals throw snowballs at police and that he didnt shovel crosswalks and side streets but if ed koch or mayorbloomberg went to visit jews in otosvile we would be upset? or is it rikers inmates thats bothering people? the man is a muslim and brought up a SHIA so what are we missing here? just wait it out hes not bothering jewish people as you all predicted
Deport this hamasss monster
the real story here is how many moslems are in jail, because moslems are a fraction of the population. are there that many moslem criminals? or are they all “jailhouse converts”?
He is.lookjng were he is going g to be soon as an inmate
Why is the headline that he is ”facing Backlash”? Is the main story that PEOPLE OBLJECTED to him breaking bread with Muslim convicts? Or is the story that he actually DID it??
Pretty sure it’s not from Kever Rachel. Would this make wearing a red string Assur as a Darkei Emori ?
He it’s bad no questions , problem is all those who voted for him and will even more in other elections in this country, the youngsters are poisoned with woke leftists anti western & yes anti Semitic nonsense, i fear very much for the future of the USA & the free world
Other than Bitul Zman and Bitul Torah what purpose do these threads serve? Do you guys think that Hashem isn’t aware of what’s happening?
The biggest Islamization occurs in prisons. Imams go in and convince the lowlifes that Islam will get them to Allah. Muslims in prisons protect each other and prey on non Muslims. Muslim guards give Muslim prisoners a pass when they violate prison rules and get into fights. Muslims have each other’s backs. Remember the lowest forms of human beings are incarcerated. Our Leftists DAs let rapists, robbers, those who assault and even kill– are let go. The goal was to empty NYC prisons, to empty Rikers.Since 2020, the Covid Epidemic criminals are not jailed. People in the city feel vulnerable and unsafe. There are more attacks in the streets, on the trains, than ever, and the true statistics we’ll never know. DeBlasio defunded a million dollars from the police, disrespected them and you saw police officers assaulted. Robberies, shootings, assaults, rapes, riots and burning of businesses and homes increased tremendously. Those who got arrested, including DeBlasio’s daughter, were out the next morning, records erased. The jails are the recruiting centers for converted, indoctrinated, Islamist terrorists. They already have the propensity for violence. Give these inmates a reason for redemption— Conversion to Islam.
Mamdani met his compatriot,
Joseph Salim. Look up his arrest record.
Josef Salem is a former inmate who served part of a long sentence and was released. He ran for office in his district, and Mamdani holds him close by his side. Both are radical Islamists.
For the Jews in this city who voted for Mamdani, the Jew hating Communistst, the Islamofascist — You have blood on your hands because you put every Jew in this city in harms way. You knew exactly what Mamdani stands for and you did not care about the rest of the Jews in this city. Without your vote, Mamdani would not have won. You will not be redeemed. Al TaAmode Ol Dam Rayecha! Don’t stand on the blood of your brother!
Islam, the death cult coming to a town near you!
Aaliyah now
“people sharing what little they have”?! gag! as if prisoners in jail have to worry about where their next meal is coming from? they “shared” what the taxpayers so generously provided. if it wasn’t up to mamzeri’s standards for iftar, he could have gone elsewhere for his photo-op.
It’s all fun & games as long as Ms Tisch is the Police Commissioner. When (not if, it’s just a Q of when) she resigns or is forced out, that’s when NYC will cease to be habitable for Yidden.
Trump is the MESSIAH!
Mamdani is the satan!
LOL you people need your head checked!
Meanwhile Im still waiting for the propertys to get cheaper, since all jews are MOVING AWAY!
How come you guys are still here ??/ I thought you guys are moving to Israel when Mamdani wins!??
GO Zohran!
Future President!
How do we know he isn’t working for the Zionists to make things bad enough to cause Jews to make Aliyah so the Zionists can draft their children into the Kifira Brigade to take them away from Torah & Mitzvos?