New York will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on Friday with a ceremony at Ground Zero attended by four former presidents and the city’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani, while President Donald Trump will mark the anniversary elsewhere. Trump is scheduled to pay his respects at the Pentagon rather than in New York, where hijacked planes destroyed the World Trade Center and where most of the 2,977 people killed that day died.

"My focus will be on attending events that memorialize that incredible courage, and I will be there on Friday at the memorial just as I was last year,” said the NYC mayor.

Republicans are criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he holds events to honor 9/11 victims and families ahead of the 25th anniversary.