{"id":4662,"date":"2026-04-10T22:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4662"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:34:59","slug":"mamdani-forced-to-defend-radical-beliefs-of-his-new-appointments-and-even-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4662","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani forced to defend radical beliefs of his new appointments &#8211; and even his wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With comrades like these\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s first 100 days in office were rife with controversies over the radical, sometimes hateful, beliefs of his friends, appointments \u2014 and even his \u201caloof wife\u201d Rama Duwaji.<\/p>\n<p>The political predicaments arguably reached their pinnacle last month when it was revealed that Duwaji used the N-word in social media posts more than a decade ago, among other questionable online antics.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani defended Duwaji, bafflingly trying to shield New York City\u2019s first lady from scrutiny by calling her a \u201cprivate person.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But he hinted this week that his wife could take on a more public role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say she hasn\u2019t made any final decision to that end,\u201d he told NY1.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut she is an artist,\u201d he continued, \u201cI\u2019d say an incredible one of my own opinion, and she\u2019s someone who\u2019s always spoken about the importance of art as a part of any flourishing society. And I can imagine that that is something that she could encourage to take place in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani\u2019s inner circle trouble started even before he was sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Cat Almonte Da Costa, one of his first staff picks who was slated to serve as his head of appointments, resigned before Hizzoner took office over her antisemitic social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney hungry Jews smh,\u201d read a tweet by Da Costa from 2011, which was brought to light by the Anti-Defamation League.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Cat Da Costa Almonte, Mamdani\u2019s short-lived head of appoinments offered her resignation after anti-semitic tweets resurfaced.  <span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several other vile posts surfaced, prompting Da Costa to apologize and resign within hours of being exposed. She lamented she had become a \u201cdistraction\u201d to Mamdani\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks later, Mamdani marked his first day in office by appointing his longtime pal and fellow housing advocate Cea Weaver to serve as the head of the Mayor\u2019s Office to Protect Tenants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Within days, radical online posts from Weaver came to light \u2014 including a 2018 missive in which she called to seize private property, deeming it a \u201cweapon of white supremacy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Weaver later dubbed her posts \u201cregretful\u201d \u2014 facing a storm of condemnations by homeowners across the five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, for his part, stood firm by his fellow Democratic Socialists of America member.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The ADL reported that a whopping 20% of Mamdani\u2019s 400 person transition team\u2013a group he hired after the election to consult him on policy and appointments had \u201cextremist\u201d backgrounds.  <span class=\"credit\">William Farrington for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI made the decision to have her as our executive director of the Mayor\u2019s Office to Protect Tenants, not because of her comments, but because of her work,\u201d he told Pix11 in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani\u2019s stance on Israel and his relationship with New York\u2019s Jewish community \u2014 which accounts for about 12% of the city\u2019s population \u2014 drew scrutiny and outright alarm during his mayoral campaign and afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The ADL contended that a whopping 20% of Mamdani\u2019s 400-person transition team \u2014 a group he hired after the election to consult him on policy and appointments \u2014 had \u201cextremist\u201d backgrounds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cea Weaver was scrutinized for calling private property a \u201cweapon of white supremacy.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a proud supporter of the Palestinian cause, Mamdani cultivated friendships with figures like anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was arrested by ICE over his anti-Israel protest activities, and lefty Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Piker drew lasting controversy for once saying \u201cAmerica deserved 9\/11,\u201d a remark he has since called \u201cinappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both attended Mamdani\u2019s election night party, while Khalil later also went to his inauguration and a private Ramadan dinner held at Gracie Mansion, with Duwaji also present.<\/p>\n<p>Those dust-ups, however, were only a prelude to the reveal in March that Duwaji had a racist online footprint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She came under fire for liking inflammatory Instagram posts celebrating Hamas\u2019 deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mamdani\u2019s wife liked instagram posts celebrating the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel <span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after, her Tumblr account was uncovered. Along with a 2013 post in which Duwaji used the N-word, she contended that Tel Aviv \u201cshouldn\u2019t exist in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani tried to downplay the severity by claiming his wife was a private person, saying the focus should be on his own thoughts and politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife is the love of my life, and she\u2019s also a private person who has held no formal position on my campaign or in my City Hall,\u201d Mamdani told reporters at a March press conference shortly after Duwaji\u2019s old accounts were exposed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, however, was elected to represent all 8.5 million people in the city. And I believe that it\u2019s my responsibility because of that role to answer questions about my thoughts and my politics, and my stances.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another controversial appointment came to light just this week, when City Council members confronted Mamdani\u2019s pick to be the commissioner for the Department of Investigation, Nadia Shihata.<\/p>\n<p>Shihata had alleged donated $700 and canvassed for Mamdani\u2019s mayoral campaign.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned by reporters about the Shihata\u2019s clear involvement, Mamdani simply replied, \u201cI was not aware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <em>Additional reporting by Matt Troutman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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