Mamdani’s ‘immigrant enclave’ snubs: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: City Hall excluding Little Italy and different ethnic areas from its “immigrant enclave” map.
Italians, Greeks, Irish, Jews, Germans, French and more: For lots of of years, your grandparents labored exhausting and earnestly throughout our metropolis, eternally branding the New York panorama with the fruits of their labor (“Zo on defense as map ‘draws’ ire,” July 11).
It boggles the thoughts to grasp how the unfit socialist elected as mayor of this great metropolis now makes an attempt to erase the historical past by ignoring Little Italy, the Greek population of Astoria and more on his “immigrant enclave” map.
Instead, he (not surprisingly) highlighted areas like Little Palestine and Little Yemen.
But don’t simply blame Mayor Mamdani.
Blame others like state Sen. Mike Gianaris and Gov. Hochul, who betrayed their constituents and America by endorsing him.
Dino Pavlou
East Elmhurst
When Mamdani’s administration omitted the immigrant enclaves of each the Irish and Italians, it solely furthered his popularity as a way-over-his-head moron.
As an Irish- and Italian-American, I’m proud of all my roots.
My household served the NYPD for a whole of over 100 years mixed. We have been proud to assimilate, fall in love with this nation, work exhausting to realize the American dream and notice a loser politician after we see one.
Steven Cassidy
Franklin Square
From now on, the realm round Gracie Mansion needs to be often known as “Little Imbeciles.”
Bill Yermal
Jefferson, NJ
As a proud Italian-American, I discover it disingenuous that the little squirt Mamdani has dissed the contributions of Italians.
Like many households, mine got here firstly of the twentieth century.
As Charles Gasparino acknowledges, there have been no security nets in these days (“Lefty gives the ‘boot’ to Italian culture,” July 11).
I bear in mind one of my grandfather’s favourite sayings: If you don’t work, you don’t eat.
And work they did, building this great nation with different hardworking immigrants.
My grandfather and our household made this nation — our nation.
Bill DePaolo
Elizabeth, NJ
While I’m the final individual to defend Mamdani on something, your readers shouldn’t be pointing their collective finger at him for leaving sure ethnic neighborhoods off town map.
New York City mayors have traditionally achieved nothing to protect iconic enclaves.
By recognizing bodily boundaries for Little Italy, Chinatown, Woodlawn and different areas, and fostering companies solely by these of that ethnic background, town may have preserved the very cloth of these neighborhoods.
Diversity is a great factor, however I no longer go to Little Italy or attend the San Gennaro Feast as a result of it’s troublesome to search out a zeppole like those my mom used to make.
But a corn canine or a taco, not so exhausting.
Lou Maione
Manhattan
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Mamdani actually wiped Italians and Jews off the map of NYC ethnic neighborhoods.
Who’s guilty of “genocide” now?
Jack Kaufman
Naples, Fla.
The Italians, Irish, Jews and so many more immigrants from totally different international locations worldwide arrived in New York and made it the great metropolis it’s right now.
Mamdani’s distortion of historical past is a hateful insult to every one of them.
He will likely be long gone and forgotten however what these proud Americans completed by means of their hopes and desires of freedom and equality, exhausting work and love for America, will stay on eternally.
Betty Schwartz
Livingston, NJ
Last I checked, there have been 2 million Catholics and 1.5 million Jews in New York City.
How about you get off your backsides (a actual Irishman would use a totally different time period) and vote for the correct man subsequent time?
You collectively allowed Mamdani to be elected — a self-inflicted wound you’ll sadly must bear for a whereas.
Michael McGinn
Paoli, Pa.
Mamdani has no protection.
He and his minions knew what they have been doing was insulting and morally mistaken.
What different experiences and paperwork like this incomplete map does his administration distribute?
Robert Neglia
The Bronx
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