‘Get Out of Here!’: NYC Mayor Mamdani Booed Off Stage at Pro-Police Celebration

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was met with a thunderous wave of boos and jeers on Tuesday as he attempted to address a crowd of approximately 3,500 residents and families at the NYPD’s 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against Crime event on Staten Island. The mayor’s remarks lasted less than a minute before chants of “get out of here” and “nobody wants you” drowned out his voice, forcing him to abandon the stage. As the jeers continued, Mamdani responded with his signature hand-over-heart gesture, waved, and walked off smiling, while the crowd persisted in berating him, some yelling expletives and shaking fists. Conservative pundit Eric Daugherty reacted on X, writing, “Mamdani tried to deliver a speech at a New York Police event in Manhattan but was VICIOUSLY booed and jeered off stage. He walked off in SHAME.”

The hostile reception reflects mounting frustration among New Yorkers over Mamdani’s relationship with the NYPD and his handling of crime. The socialist mayor has faced criticism since his campaign over past support for defunding the police, and his recent budget cuts to police funding—including the cancellation of plans to hire 5,000 new officers—have further fueled backlash. He has also been criticized for his response to a February mob attack on police officers in Washington Square Park, where he appeared to downplay the violence by referring to the perpetrators as “kids” in a snowball fight. Political commentator Joey Mannarino captured the sentiment of many, stating, “The same cops and working class New Yorkers this DSA radical and his soft on crime buddies spent years attacking, vilifying, and trying to defund just told him to get the f— out.” As the mayor faces growing public opposition, his reception at the event underscores a widening rift between City Hall and the communities he was elected to serve.