A super PAC backing former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ran a late attack ad portraying Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani standing in front of the Twin Towers as they crashed to the ground on 9/11.
The For Our City ad opens with left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, who had brought Mamdani on as a guest, saying “Americans deserve 9/11” while the World Trade Center burst into flames, according to NBC News. Piker has also referred to Jews as “inbred,” according to Politico.
“That’s Zohran’s buddy, Hasan Piker, saying we deserve 9/11. It’s a disgrace to every life lost,” the narrator says in the ad.
“Zohran went on Piker’s show, and now Piker was just spotted at Zohran’s event. Mamdani is wrong for New York,” they add.
Zohran Mamdani is wrong for New York City. pic.twitter.com/kbsK6NU9yK
— For Our City (@ForOurCitypac) November 2, 2025
Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, received backlash for appearing on Piker’s stream in April.
He later condemned Piker’s problematic comments, calling them “objectionable and reprehensible.”
“I also think that part of the reason why Democrats are in the situation that we are in, of being a permanent minority in this country, is we are looking only to speak to journalists and streamers and Americans with whom we agree [on] every single thing that they say,” he said.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave For Our City $3.5 million last month and is one of the super PAC’s biggest donors, according to NBC News.
Mamdani recently faced criticism for focusing a speech about 9/11 on Islamophobia.
“I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of New York City,” Mamdani proclaimed at the time. “I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she did not feel safe in her hijab.”
Cuomo later suggested that Mamdani would celebrate 9/11 if the attacks happened today.
“Can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?” Cuomo asked during an appearance on WABC.
“Yeah, I could,” host Sid Rosenberg replied. “He’d be cheering.”
“That’s another problem,” Cuomo said.
Mamdani later railed against Cuomo, calling his comments “disgusting.”
“This is Andrew Cuomo’s final moments in public life, and he’s choosing to spend them making racist attacks on the person who would be the first Muslim to lead this city,” Mamdani said during an interview with PIX 11.
“There are more than 1 million Muslims who live in New York City, and to have our faith be smeared and slandered by someone who at one point was considered a leader in the Democratic Party showcases the fact that bigotry and racism is not exclusively a Republican problem. It is also a problem within our own party,” Mamdani said. “It is time that we turned the page on Andrew Cuomo and on those that would tolerate this rhetoric from him.”
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