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Statements and actions by Cheri Sparacio on this topic.
Public disputes concerning politically motivated violence, threats, attacks, and claims about the causes or consequences of such violence.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
1 statement on this page. Dates: September 10, 2026
1 matching statement. Dates: September 10, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: September 10, 2026
Role at the time: September 11 victim's widow speaking personally
Responding to
Should Zohran Mamdani attend New York City’s 9/11 memorial?
"It is strictly about the policies that he has today"
The article identifies her participation in the campaign against attendance and records her stated reasons for that opposition.
CNN's original reporting directly attributes different positions to city council member Shahana Hanif and victim's widow Cheri Sparacio. Hanif objects to exclusion on religious grounds; Sparacio says her objection concerns Mamdani's policies and associations, not his religion. The page specifies publication on September 10 at 5:00 a.m. ET. The individual interview times are unknown; related positions use September 10 at 12:00Z only as a publication-date proxy.
