AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - NYC Mayor Mamdani mourns Rikers death of man charged in meat cleaver murder, draws fierce backlash
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered public condolences for a Rikers Island detainee charged with a brutal murder, without mentioning the victim, and conservatives from city hall to the Heritage Foundation are demanding to know why. Mamdani posted a statement on X mourning the death of Clarence Woodward, a 39-year-old pretrial detainee who died […] The post NYC Mayor Mamdani mourns Rikers death of man charged in meat cleaver murder, draws fierce backlash appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered public condolences for a Rikers Island detainee charged with a brutal murder, without mentioning the victim, and conservatives from city hall to the Heritage Foundation are demanding to know why. Mamdani posted a statement on X mourning the death of Clarence Woodward, a 39-year-old pretrial detainee who died in city custody at Rikers Island. The mayor called himself "deeply saddened" and extended his thoughts to Woodward's "family and loved ones." He pledged an investigation by the NYC Department of Correction and its oversight partners, and he renewed his commitment to closing Rikers "as quickly as possible." What Mamdani did not mention, not once, was the man Woodward was charged with killing:…Open