Overview
- CBS News New York reports, citing its own sources, that Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji will not attend this year’s Met Gala, and no official confirmation has been released by City Hall, the Met, or Vogue.
- The CBS report follows Page Six’s unnamed-source claim that he declined the customary invitation, a story that ARTnews and Geo News echoed.
- Coverage links the choice to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez-Bezos serving as lead donors and honorary co-chairs, consistent with Mamdani’s past statement that the country should not have billionaires.
- The Met Gala is a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, and past New York mayors such as Michael Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio, and Eric Adams have attended.
- The 2026 event is scheduled for May 4 with a “Costume Art” theme and a “Fashion is Art” dress code, and the host committee includes Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour.