By Chris Nesi
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were seen yukking it up during the somber reading of 9/11 victims at Ground Zero during the 25th anniversary service.
The New York City Democratic Socialists of America darlings appeared all smiles in a live feed of the ceremony, interspersed with shots of a man cradling his head in his arms and bawling his eyes out and friends and family reading out the names of their departed loved ones from the podium.
The mayor’s appearance at the ceremony stood in defiance to a campaign by aggrieved 9/11 victims’ relatives, who earlier this week hand-delivered him a petition urging him to steer clear of the ceremonies marking the attack.