Mixed or conditional
““I just hope that he doesn’t say a single word””
Santora objected to Mamdani speaking but did not explicitly demand that he be absent.
- Speaker
- Maureen Santora
- Capacity
- 9/11 family member
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Zohran Mamdani
- Classification rationale
- Her stated condition concerns silence at the ceremony, not attendance itself.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Santora discussed Mamdani's announced plan to attend.
After the quotation
She said many family members would be upset if he spoke.
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.