{"id":159596,"date":"2025-08-19T23:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T23:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/159596\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T23:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T23:16:13","slug":"zohran-mamdani-holds-private-meeting-with-archbishop-dolan-to-discuss-broad-range-of-issue-in-nyc-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/159596\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani holds private meeting with Archbishop Dolan to discuss &#8216;broad range of issue&#8217; in NYC mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Socialist Zohran Mamdani met privately with New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan Tuesday to discuss a \u201cbroad range of issues\u201d in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/19\/us-news\/nyc-voters-sour-on-socialist-democrat-zohran-mamdani-in-latest-mayoral-poll-but-hes-still-the-frontrunner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Apple mayoral race<\/a>, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic mayoral nominee requested the sitdown with Dolan, a leading figure in the Catholic Church, both in New York and nationally, and the two chatted at the cardinal\u2019s residence, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a private meeting that Mr. Mamdani requested and they discussed a broad range of issues,\u201d said Joe Zwilling, a spokesman for the cardinal and the Archdiocese of New York.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36773729\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/080525mamdani29wcl-zohran-mamdani-attorney-109255369.jpg\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani speaking at a microphone.\" class=\"wp-image-36773729\"  \/>Socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani held a private meeting with NY Archbishop Timothy Dolan on Tuesday. William C Lopez\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani spokesperson\u00a0Dora Pekec said,\u00a0 \u201cZohran was deeply honored to meet with the Cardinal and their discussion was both warm and productive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Archdiocese\u2019s Catholic Services provides an array of assistance to needy youths, the homeless, people with disabilities and migrants and refugees.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, who is Muslim, also is seeking to broaden his outreach and support since winning the Democratic primary in June.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.60753532;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"35824480\" width=\"948\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-pope-franciss-funeral-held-103106245.jpg\" alt=\"Cardinal speaking at a microphone.\" class=\"wp-image-35824480\"  \/>The Archbishop plays a pivotal role in the assistance of needy youths, the homeless, people with disabilities and migrants and refugees. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic socialist has met several times with the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist who heads the National Action Network, as well as other black pastors.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, now considered the front-runner to become the next mayor, has been speaking at black churches while on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>He also has reached out to Latino pastors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Socialist Zohran Mamdani met privately with New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan Tuesday to discuss a \u201cbroad range of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":159597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,20496,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5341,80,92507,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-159596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-catholic-church","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","18":"tag-politics","19":"tag-timothy-dolan","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-us-news","26":"tag-usa","27":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115057982531567658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}