{"id":556,"date":"2026-08-07T20:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:44:30","slug":"adriano-espaillat-and-zohran-mamdani-meet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"Adriano Espaillat and Zohran Mamdani meet again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani may be the Padrino of honor in the Bronx, but Rep. Adriano Espaillat isn\u2019t quite ready to shower him with praise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=554\">Zellner in line for DMV commissioner, sources say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mayor joined Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Espaillat on Friday to share security information ahead of Sunday\u2019s National Dominican Day Parade in Manhattan. The press conference at NYPD headquarters marked the first time Mamdani and Espaillat have appeared together publicly since democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier \u2013 who the mayor unexpectedly endorsed \u2013 unseated the five-term Congress member and chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the June Democratic primary. Though Espaillat supported Mamdani\u2019s opponent, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in the mayoral primary last year, Espaillat was reportedly blindsided by the move since the mayor agreed behind the scenes not to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Tisch opened her remarks at the press conference praising Espaillat for his leadership, as Mamdani and Espaillat stood next to each other but avoided eye contact. Espaillat did not mention or thank the mayor in his remarks. (Mamdani\u2019s public schedule didn\u2019t mention Espaillat would be there Friday, though Tisch\u2019s did.)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear if Mamdani and Espaillat will celebrate the parade together either. Espaillat will hold a pre-parade breakfast on Sunday morning where Tisch and City Council Speaker Julie Menin will be honored. But as first reported in City &amp; State\u2019s Heard Around Town newsletter, Mamdani had not been invited to the breakfast as of Thursday, according to his spokesperson. The mayor will host a separate Dominican heritage reception \u2013 which his predecessors, including self-declared honorary-Dominican Eric Adams, held prior to the parade \u2013 several days later, on Aug. 13. Espaillat is invited, according to Mamdani\u2019s spokesperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=552\">This week\u2019s biggest Winners &amp; Losers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Mamdani drew backlash for reworking a Puerto Rican cultural reception at Gracie Mansion. (An initial email from the Mayor\u2019s Office of Mass Engagement suggested there would be no reception.) In the end, rather than hosting one of the large outdoor parties that marked the Adams administration, Mamdani opted for a smaller lunch \u2013 a break in tradition that upset some Puerto Rican leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani still faces some fallout in the Dominican community following the 13th Congressional District Democratic primary. While Avila Chevalier is also Dominican, almost all the community\u2019s political leaders endorsed Espaillat. One Dominican elected said they are skipping the mayor\u2019s reception and suggested others might too.<\/p>\n<p>Espaillat declined to comment when asked by City &amp; State Friday afternoon about his relationship with Mamdani and whether they were planning to attend each other\u2019s events. After the brief press conference ended, Espaillat rushed out of the room and told someone in Spanish, \u201cwe have to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=550\">Progressive groups decry House\u2019s investigation into NYC leftist org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outgoing Congress member and mayor, who endorsed against him, briefed New Yorkers on security ahead of the National Dominican Day Parade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,45],"tags":[21,46],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york-city","category-zohran-mamdani","tag-new-york-city","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Adriano Espaillat and Zohran Mamdani meet again - 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