Overview
- Sid Rosenberg, a WABC radio host, called Mayor Zohran Mamdani a “terrorist” and a “jihadist” during a Fox & Friends panel on Saturday and tied the mayor to recent Upper West Side stabbings while later reposting the clip on X and standing by his remarks.
- The NYPD arrested Raul Morales in connection with the Thursday attacks that wounded an Asian man and a Jewish man, and investigators are evaluating hate-crime and attempted-murder charges while noting possible mental-health factors.
- Fox co-host Griff Jenkins interrupted Rosenberg on air and later issued a statement warning that labeling the mayor a terrorist was inappropriate, producing visible pushback inside the program.
- Mayor Mamdani condemned the attacks as hateful, thanked police for the swift arrest, and said his administration will act to root out antisemitism and other bigotry in the city.
- Mamdani is New York’s first Muslim mayor and critics point to his sharp criticism of Israeli policy as part of a charged public backdrop, so the episode could increase scrutiny of cable opinion standards and deepen divisions over media accountability and community trust.