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Mamdani condemns ICE operation after NYC hospital protest -- but denies NYPD 'collaboration'

New York Post·Matthew Fischetti·28 days ago
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday condemned a federal immigration enforcement operation after an anti-ICE mob violently protested outside a Brooklyn hospital over the weekend — but denied accusations that the NYPD coordinated with the feds. “I’ve been very clear about my views on ICE raids as a whole. I think that they are cruel. I think that they are inhumane. I think that they do not serve any interest of public safety,” Mamdani said at an unrelated Bronx press conference. Police arrested nine people after around 200 protesters gathered outside Wyckoff Hospital on Saturday night in support of Nigerian national Chidozie Wilson Okeke , who was brought there by ICE agents who’d taken him into custody. He has previous arrests for assault and criminal drug possession, sources said. Mayor Mamdani denied an operational coordination between ICE and the NYPD. James Messerschmidt for the NY Post Federal agents stand over Chidozie WIlson Okeke, an illegal Nigerian migrant with two busts under his belt.…

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