"I don't support the rally, but I don't know if the city has any jurisdiction to cancel a private event," Mamdani, who is the first Muslim and Indian American mayor of New York City, said.

The mayor is being urged to cancel an event featuring RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and condemn the movement's rising presence in the US

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rhetoric and performative politics erode safety for Jewish New Yorkers, substituting funding for genuine inclusion.