Challenged the characterization
““should have shut up””
Williams sharply rebuked Giuliani for calling on Mamdani to skip the commemoration.
- Speaker
- Jumaane Williams
- Capacity
- New York City public advocate
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Zohran Mamdani
- Classification rationale
- The statement challenges the legitimacy of Giuliani's intervention rather than separately explaining attendance.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Officials were responding to Giuliani's exclusion demand.
After the quotation
Williams did not provide a separate rationale about ceremony protocol in the cited excerpt.
Evidence
Complete source record
N.Y. officials rebuke Giuliani after he says Mamdani shouldn’t attend 9/11 memorial (opens in a new tab)Statements by Mamdani, Hochul, James, and Schumer
NY1 links Giuliani’s original Newsmax appearance and reports Mamdani’s response and direct statements supporting attendance from state and city leaders.