{"id":41557,"date":"2026-08-12T20:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41557"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:21:46","slug":"nypd-refuses-to-send-security-detail-with-mamdanis-wife-to-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41557","title":{"rendered":"NYPD refuses to send security detail with Mamdani&#8217;s wife to Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The New York Police Department (NYPD) will not provide a security detail to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/zohran-mamdani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s<\/a> wife during her upcoming vacation to two terror hotspots in the Middle East, despite the mayor&#8217;s office claiming otherwise.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">&#8220;The NYPD does not send officers to countries with level 4 travel advisories for discretionary reasons such as personal travel,&#8221; a spokesperson for the law enforcement agency told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mamdani&#8217;s wife, Rama Duwaji, is planning to travel to Syria and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874026\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/middle-east\/lebanon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lebanon<\/a> to visit family in September, according to the New York Post. Both of those countries are on the State Department&#8217;s &#8220;Do Not Travel&#8221; list due to terrorism concerns.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji smile as confetti falls at City Hall during inauguration.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, smile as confetti falls after his ceremonial inauguration as mayor at City Hall on Jan. 1, 2026, in New York.<\/span> <span>(David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874027\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdanis-wife-co-hosts-luxe-muslim-retreat-casting-virgin-mary-palestinian-woman-under-occupation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MAMDANI&#8217;S WIFE CO-HOSTS LUXE MUSLIM RETREAT CASTING VIRGIN MARY AS \u2018PALESTINIAN WOMAN\u2019 UNDER OCCUPATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The mayor&#8217;s office had previously confirmed that Duwaji would have an NYPD security detail on the trip.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Upon the strong recommendation of the NYPD, the first lady\u2019s security detail will be joining her when she travels to visit family in Syria and Lebanon,&#8221; Mamdani\u2019s spokeswoman Dora Pekec <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874028\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/11\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-blames-nyc-staff-after-nypd-denies-rama-duwaji-a-police-escort-to-the-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">reportedly<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But later, as it became clear that the NYPD would not be making the overseas trek, the mayor chalked the confusion up to a staff &#8220;miscommunication&#8221; when asked about it by news outlet PIX11 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">NYPD Detectives\u2019 Endowment Association (DEA) President Scott Munro furiously slammed the implication that NYPD detectives would accompany the city&#8217;s First Lady to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/zohran-mamdani-jessica-tisch-news-conference.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a news conference\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speak at a Sunday morning news conference after a spate of weekend shootings in Brooklyn.<\/span> <span>(Kyle Mazza\/Anadolu)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874029\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/mamdani-clashes-democratic-socialists-push-abolish-police-prisons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MAMDANI CLASHES WITH DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS&#8217; PUSH TO ABOLISH POLICE AND PRISONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Our detectives put themselves in harm\u2019s way every day protecting New Yorkers,&#8221; said Munro. &#8220;The DEA would never remain silent if our members were asked to travel to a dangerous, off-limits foreign country for anything other than a legitimate law-enforcement or intelligence operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Our detectives are needed here in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874030\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City<\/a> protecting residents and fighting crime,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mamdani has a long history of trashing the very police department he thought would accompany and provide security for his wife to the dangerous Middle Eastern countries on New York City taxpayer&#8217;s dime.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;There is no negotiating with an institution this wicked &amp; corrupt. Defund it. Dismantle it. End the cycle of violence,&#8221; Mamdani said in reference to the NYPD in a viral 2020 post on X.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/zohran-mamdani-municipal-grocery-stores.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, holds up bananas with a 30% off sticker.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, holds up bananas labeled with a 30% off sticker during an announcement on municipal grocery stores at a Campaign for Hunger community food distribution center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday, July 27, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We don&#8217;t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer &amp; a major threat to public safety,&#8221; he said in another 2020 post, adding in a follow-up: &#8220;What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874031\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jon-stewart-presses-mamdani-breaks-democratic-socialists-prisons-borders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>JON STEWART PRESSES MAMDANI ON WHERE HE BREAKS WITH FELLOW DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS ON PRISONS AND BORDERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Queer liberation means <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874032\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/mamdani-clashes-democratic-socialists-push-abolish-police-prisons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defund the police<\/a>,&#8221; he said in yet another post.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The mayor, who has also faced scrutiny for his <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874033\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdanis-deranged-israel-take-resurfaces-he-targets-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti-Israel views<\/a> and recently called Israeli Prime Minister <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874034\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> a &#8220;war criminal&#8221; while calling for his arrest, derogatorily linked the NYPD to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it\u2019s been laced by the IDF,&#8221; Mamdani, who was a keynote speaker, said during a panel discussion at the Democratic Socialists of America&#8217;s 2023 national convention.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/343\/192\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/686\/384\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/672\/378\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1344\/756\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/931\/523\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1862\/1046\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/720\/405\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1440\/810\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1200\/675\/jessica-tisch-is-sworn-in-as-new-nypd-commissioner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Jessica Tisch Is Sworn In As New NYPD Commissioner\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Jessica Tisch speaks after being sworn in as the next Commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD) during a ceremony at One Police Plaza on November 25, 2024, in New York City.<\/span> <span>(Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">During his campaign for mayor of the most populated U.S. city, Mamdani said the exact opposite, explicitly stating that he did not want to defund the police.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874035\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-booed-off-stage-new-york-city-pro-police-celebration-walked-off-shame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SEE IT: MAMDANI BOOED OFF STAGE AT NEW YORK CITY PRO-POLICE CELEBRATION: \u2018WALKED OFF IN SHAME\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Still, it appears there is no love lost between Mamdani and the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Just last week, he was booed offstage when he tried to speak at a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2874036\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/knicks-owner-appears-take-swipe-mamdani-nba-championship-celebration-stiffs-photo-op\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pro-police event<\/a> in Staten Island.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani&#8217;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Peter D&#8217;Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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