NYC councilwoman blasts Mamdani over Italian Heritage Month post praising ‘communist’

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Italian Heritage Month tribute to a left-wing congressman with ties to the Communist Party drew sharp criticism on social media, including a blistering rebuke from Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino."Happy Italian Heritage Month, New York. Here’s continuing to fight for Vito Marcantonio’s vision of a government that works for all working people," Mamdani wrote on X.Marcantonio represented East Harlem in Congress for seven terms, first as a Republican and later as a member