Condemned
““he’ll show up to be spiteful””
Pesce said she believed Mamdani would attend out of spite and planned to respond through silence or disengagement.
- Speaker
- Angie Pesce
- Capacity
- 9/11 family member
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Zohran Mamdani
- Classification rationale
- She condemned his planned attendance by attributing a hostile motive to it.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Pesce was asked how she would respond if Mamdani attended despite family objections.
After the quotation
The report placed her statement among relatives planning to ignore him.
Evidence
Complete source record
9/11 relatives discuss Mamdani’s planned attendance at memorial ceremony (opens in a new tab)Reported remarks by Maureen Santora and Angie Pesce
Reports individual family-member reactions originally published by the New York Post, including a criticism of Mamdani's motive and a request that he remain silent.