{"id":925961,"date":"2026-07-10T17:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/925961\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:34:22","slug":"mamdani-defends-immigrant-map-of-nyc-says-little-italy-will-soon-be-recognized-by-his-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/925961\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani defends immigrant map of NYC, says Little Italy will soon be recognized by his admin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Mamdani defended his controversial map of immigrant enclaves across the Big Apple, saying more communities would be added after notably omitting the famed Little Italy as well as Jewish and Irish communities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clearly not an exhaustive list of the more than 200 ethnic enclaves,\u201d Hizzoner said at an unrelated press conference on Friday. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39946069\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/235-east-42nd-street-evacuated-133632765_c01e17.jpg\" alt=\"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference about a high-rise evacuation.\" class=\"wp-image-39946069\"  \/>Mayor Mamdani defended his controversial map of immigrant enclaves across the Big Apple, saying more communities would be added after notably omitting the famed Little Italy as well as Jewish and Irish communities. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.10344828;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39946075\" width=\"651\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nyc-neighborhoods-cultural-map-july-133788986_15d122.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of a cultural map of New York City showing the locations of 30 immigrant enclaves across the five boroughs, with corresponding names and subway lines.\" class=\"wp-image-39946075\"  \/>\u201cIt\u2019s clearly not an exhaustive list of the more than 200 ethnic enclaves,\u201d Hizzoner said at an unrelated press conference on Friday. New York City Tourism + Conventions<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be making additional changes in the future to reflect that\u2026 including Little Italy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controversial map <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/08\/us-news\/mayor-mamdanis-map-of-nyc-immigrant-neighborhoods-sparks-outrage-for-ignoring-little-italy-terrible-mistake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resurfaced earlier this week on social media<\/a>, sparking backlash for the young administration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani defended his controversial map of immigrant enclaves across the Big Apple, saying more communities would be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":925962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,6501,409,42026,6548,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":["post-925961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-immigrants","tag-immigration","tag-little-italy","tag-maps","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116896889093686573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925961","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=925961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}