"Muslims in this city for almost as long as we have been in this city have had to deal with those with power and platform dehumanizing us. And to be called animals, insects, to be called a jihadist mayor, to be called a cockroach, this language is both painfully familiar to me as a Muslim New Yorker, but also as someone who was born in East Africa."
"I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of my faith. I am not ashamed of being the first Muslim mayor in the history of our city. And there's no amount of racism that will change that I lead or the commitment that I hold to each and every New Yorker in this city."
"Schumer said the remarks were "dangerous and dehumanizing" and "a disgusting display of bigotry and Islamophobia that should receive universal condemnation.""
Radio host Sid Rosenberg posted hateful comments on social media Monday calling NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani an "America hating, Jew hating, Radical Islam cockroach." The post was made while urging President Trump to stop complimenting the mayor. Rosenberg subsequently removed the post and apologized Wednesday. Mayor Mamdani responded Tuesday, addressing the dehumanizing language and noting the painful familiarity of such Islamophobic rhetoric. Multiple city officials and organizations condemned Rosenberg's remarks, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, all describing the comments as dangerous, bigoted, and unacceptable.
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