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Democratic candidate at its first press conference since a mass shooting in New York City Zohran Mamdani Criticizing President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, while saying he is ready for the issue of custom returning to the United States from the African holiday.
Talk to reporters on Wednesday afternoon, two days later Deadly massive shooting Mamdani killed four police officers, including one, who resolved questions about his wedding trip to his birthplace in Uganda.
Mandani said he “drived the business economy in both ways and although I was prepared for the potential of these issues, I didn’t pass the customs issues.”
“This is a pathetic reality of living in our president’s American life,” Mandani added.

In his first speech since the mass shooting in New York City, Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration policies while saying he was ready for the issue of customs returning to the United States from the African holiday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew and Brandon Bell)
According to Mamdani, New York City From Uganda, he went directly to visit the family of 36-year-old New York Police Department official Didal Islam, who was killed in a mass shooting.
He said he called his family in advance to “ask me what I can do.”
“They welcomed me into their home. They refused to let me leave until I had breakfast with them. They were the most of the manifestation of making this city the city we love,” he said.
Mandani said he visited with his family for nearly an hour. He highlighted that Islam and one of the other victims of the shooting, security guard Aland Etienne, were both immigrants.
“The Islamic instructor and Aland Etienne are both immigrants and they both want to live a better life and their own sacrifice makes it possible for their family members to live a better life, and that’s not lost,” he said.
Mamdani pays tribute to victims of New York shooting

The New York Police Department expressed condolences to police officer Didal Islam. (Getty Image)
A lonely gunman, who was later identified as Shane Tamura, walked into the office building in Midtown Manhattan, opened fire, killed four people, and then replaced the gun with himself.
Four people who died in the shooting were identified as New York Police Department official Didal Islam, Blackstone executive Wesley Lepatner, security guard Aland Etienne and Rudin Management partner Julia Hyman.
The motive for the shooting is unclear, but the Gunners reportedly were dissatisfied with the NFL, which was attributed to his obvious problem with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which was a side effect of repeated hits on the head.
Mamdani was on vacation at the time of the shooting. His previous criticism of the New York Police Department and his 2020 call for funding to police have been re-examined after the tragedy. He has also been under recent scrutiny Guaranteed to “disband” A special New York Police Department known as the Strategic Response Team, which is responsible for riots, civilian diseases and shootings.
Wednesday’s press conference was the first opportunity for journalists to question Mandani about these controversial statements.

A scene after a mass shooting in Manhattan, New York, USA on July 29, 2025. According to initial reports, four people, including New York Police Department officer Didal Islam, were killed and one injured. (Selcuk acar/anadolu via Getty image)
Responding to a question about a 2020 post ridicule a policeman for a car breakdown, Mamdani said: “It’s very clear because I’ve been in this campaign.
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“This position is not only about looking at the police, the enormous work they are doing in the city, but about the way we need to treat this work and the severity of the difficulties that this work brings,” he said.
In the press conference, Mamdani also addressed the threats she has been under since becoming a mayoral candidate.
“Sadly, my life isn’t that. There are more threats,” he said. “It’s the precautions I wish I didn’t have to take. Although they are also precautions that I’m very grateful for, especially in the example of the NYPD details I have in New York City.”