{"id":38530,"date":"2026-04-22T21:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/38530\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:18:10","slug":"mamdani-backs-fellow-dsa-pol-who-was-arrested-after-blocking-cops-during-anti-eviction-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/38530\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani backs fellow DSA pol who was arrested after blocking cops during anti-eviction protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani was quick to stand with his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/11\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-denies-abandoning-dsa-amid-far-left-fury-over-his-non-endorsements-in-house-races-proud-member\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic Socialists of America comrade Chi Oss\u00e9<\/a> following the city councilman\u2019s \u201cconcerning\u201d arrest Wednesday where he was filmed blocking authorities during an anti-eviction protest in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have seen the concerning footage of Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9\u2019s arrest earlier today and am in touch with [NYPD] Commissioner Tisch about the nature of the arrest,\u201d Hizzoner wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.43216783;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39167430\" width=\"845\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-york-city-mayor-zohran-125860205_061b13.jpg\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani speaks at a podium with a &quot;Put a LID on it&quot; sign during a press conference about the New York City trash containerization initiative.\" class=\"wp-image-39167430\"  \/>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner (DSNY) Gregory Anderson announce six new Community Districts across the city will have 100% trash containerization by the end of 2027 in Brooklyn NY on April 17, 2026. Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39167439\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chi-osse-speaks-reuters-affordability-124483050.jpg\" alt=\"Chi Osse speaking at a Reuters Affordability Gap event in NYC.\" class=\"wp-image-39167439\"  \/>Chi Osse speaks at a Reuters Affordability Gap event in NYC, focused on Gen Z and millennials in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a pleasure to work alongside Council Member Oss\u00e9, a leader in his community and a partner in building a safer and more affordable New York City. I am grateful he is out of custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/20\/us-news\/nyc-ny-politics-live-updates-april-20-21-22-23-24\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow live updates on Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s socialist agenda and the latest in NYC politics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oss\u00e9 and two others were taken into custody Wednesday morning following a nearly two-hour stand off with authorities who were carrying out a legal eviction.<\/p>\n<p>Cops said later that Oss\u00e9 was captured on body-worn camera pushing past officers who were trying to stop the lawmakers from blocking the gate. <\/p>\n<p>Oss\u00e9 was ordered to stop before officers tried to arrest him. <\/p>\n<p>Police said Oss\u00e9 then physically resisted, \u201cappearing to flail his arms and hands to prevent officers from restraining him,\u201d according to the NYPD. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani was quick to stand with his Democratic Socialists of America comrade Chi Oss\u00e9 following the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[6028,24968,6287,3971,543,5770,48,553],"class_list":{"0":"post-38530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zohran-mamdani","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-chi-osse","10":"tag-democratic-socialists-of-america","11":"tag-housing","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-protests","14":"tag-us-news","15":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116450446906335819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}