Overview
- Reporters staged the Inner Circle roast Saturday in Midtown, a century-old charity show where journalists parody City Hall and the mayor delivers a rebuttal set.
- A prerecorded skit paired Zohran Mamdani with former rival Curtis Sliwa for a cat adoption bit, and a clip drew more than 850,000 views on X by Monday morning.
- Republicans castigated Sliwa over the cameo, with John Catsimatidis saying he was very disappointed, while Sliwa told NY1 the video was satire and all about the cats.
- The mayor kept plans to appear Monday night at the Downtown Seder at City Winery, and comedian Modi withdrew hours earlier after learning Mamdani would be on the program.
- Responses are shaped by earlier clashes over Israel policy, including Mamdani’s first-day reversal of executive orders on the IHRA antisemitism definition and restrictions on Israel boycotts.