NYPD denies security detail for Mamdani's wife's Middle East trip
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The NYPD is refusing to send a security detail with Mayor Zohran Mamdani's wife on her planned trip to two Middle Eastern countries under State Department "do not travel" warnings, contradicting an earlier claim from the mayor's office that officers would accompany her.
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The NYPD denied it’s sending any personnel to serve as security detail for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji during her upcoming Middle East trip – an awkward rejoinder to City Hall’s claim the department “strongly” recommended she be accompanied by New York City cops.
The mayor’s clarification came after The Post reported late Monday that Duwaji planned to travel to Syria and Lebanon to visit family, with her police detail in tow.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “private citizen” wife recently demanded a police escort for a personal trip to the Middle East. Mamdani’s wife is Rama Duwaji, […]
The central fact is simple: City Hall said Rama Duwaji would travel with an NYPD security detail, the NYPD said officers would not go, and Zohran Mamdani later called the discrepancy a miscommunication.
The NYPD is refusing to send a security detail with Mayor Zohran Mamdani's wife on her planned trip to two Middle Eastern countries under State Department "do not travel" warnings, contradicting an earlier claim from the mayor's office that officers would accompany her.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed that his wife, Rama Duwaji, would not be taking a New York City Police Department security detail with her when she travels to Syria and Lebanon in September. The possibility of New York City’s first lady getting a security detail for her travels on the taxpayers’ dime…
NYPD Declines Security Detail for Mayor Mamdani’s Wife During Planned Syria and Lebanon Visit By: Jeff Gorman The New York Police Department has confirmed that it will not provide a protective security detail for New York City First Lady Rama Duwaji during her planned trip to Syria and Lebanon next …
