‘America’s mayor’ is hospitalized in critical condition as tributes and well-wishes roll in



On Sunday evening, a spokesman for "America’s Mayor" Rudy Giuliani shared the news that the 81-year-old former New York City mayor is in critical condition in a Florida hospital.

“Giuliani is currently in the hospital,” spokesman Ted Goodman wrote on X, “where he remains in critical but stable condition. Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he's fighting with that same level of strength as we speak.”

‘I pray he pulls through this. The world needs more of him.’

Goodman added, “We do ask that you join us in prayer for America's Mayor Rudy Giuliani.”

Almost immediately after the news broke, well-wishes and tributes started pouring in.

“Our fabulous Rudy Giuliani, a True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR, has been hospitalized,” wrote President Donald Trump on Truth Social. “What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radical Left Lunatics, Democrats ALL — AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!”

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The president isn’t the only one offering well-wishes.

Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, a New York City native who served four years as a police officer with the New York Police Department, wrote on X, “Mayor Rudy Giuliani was the most transformative figure in the history of NY City politics.”

“He pulled off an economic and public safety miracle in a relatively short amount of time, and the city rose from the dead. I worked for the NYPD during the end of his second term. It was the honor of a lifetime,” Bongino continued. “I pray he pulls through this. The world needs more of him.”

Another former mayor of New York, Eric Adams, wrote on X that Giuliani “devoted his life to this city, from his days as a federal prosecutor to leading New York through 9/11. He was there when we needed him most.”

Adams then shared that he would be praying for Giuliani.

There have been no further updates from Giuliani’s team on the reasons for the hospitalization or the prognosis as of Monday morning.

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'Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network' Gets $500K From NYC Racial Equity Commission Amid City Budget Crisis

New York City's Commission on Racial Equity is shelling out $500,000 to "community groups" to "participate in a Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network" that will help produce a study on reparations for black New Yorkers as well as a "Citywide Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Plan," records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. The move comes as New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) lobbies for new taxes to help close a multibillion-dollar budget deficit.

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‘I could vomit’: Pat Gray torches Obama and Mamdani for using toddlers in cringey Marxist photo op



Earlier this month, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and former President Barack Obama visited Learning Through Play Pre-K, an early childhood education center in the South Bronx. During this visit — their first in-person meeting — they read the children’s book “Alone & Together” to toddlers, joined a sing-along of “Wheels on the Bus,” joked about pizza, and highlighted the city’s push for universal child care.

BlazeTV host Pat Gray wasn’t buying the feel-good optics for a second. He interpreted the publicity stunt as proof that “these two Marxists” are “absolutely together now.”

“Are these free buses that the wheels are going around on?” co-host Keith Malinak joked, highlighting Mamdani’s high-profile campaign promise to make city bus fares free — a pledge that has already stalled due to budget realities and state control of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

“I could vomit,” Pat said in response to the entire PR stunt.

“You would think [Obama] would want to distance himself a bit from a guy who is essentially at least a socialist, if not a communist, because [Obama] spent his whole life denying he was one. And now here you are hanging out with [Mamdani] talking about the same things, and you got so much in common.”

This staged photo op comes as Mamdani marks his first 100 days in office, pushing an aggressive left-wing agenda on taxes, housing, and “free” services that prioritize ideology over practical governance.

Pat sees it as classic Democrat theater: using cute kids and sing-alongs to distract from failed policies and to cement a radical alliance between Obama and the new socialist mayor.

To see clips from Mamdani and Obama’s publicity stunt and hear more of the panel’s commentary, watch the video above.

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Mayor Mamdani Unleashes Door-Knocking Campaign To Advance Rent Freeze

The mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, who got elected in part by mobilizing a campaign army of volunteer door-knockers, now wants to replicate the same tactic to achieve his promise to “freeze the rent.” 

At an April 29, 2026 press event, Mamdani asked New Yorkers to sign up at organize.NYC.gov to help gin up testimony at hearings of the Rent Guidelines Board, which by law annually sets rent rates in the city’s approximately 1 million rent-controlled and rent-stabilized apartments. 

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Mamdani finally admits what people knew about his candidacy from the start



Voters in New York City just got a reality check after the fountain of socialist campaign promises from Mayor Zohran Mamdani has apparently run dry in just a few months.

Standing with New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, Mayor Mamdani was forced to announce some unexpected hang-ups that will likely interfere with delivering on many of his campaign promises of free stuff.

'Everyone saw this coming ... every single person.'

"New York City faces a budget crisis of a historic magnitude," Mamdani said in his speech. "We inherited a deficit larger than any since the great recession. Years of mismanagement and chronic underbudgeting, alongside a structural imbalance between what New York City sends to the state and what we receive in return, have taken a toll."

Mamdani admitted that savings alone cannot fix this crisis, saying that "we need new revenue" and a "structural reset in our relationship with the state" to close the gap.

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"Together, we are extending the executive budget deadline from this coming Friday until May 12 because a crisis of this scale cannot be solved without state action. ... Speaker Menin and I have already identified meaningful savings, and we will continue that work carefully, deliberately, and without cutting the services that New Yorkers rely on," Mamdani continued. "But we cannot do it alone. That is why we are standing together this morning: to underscore what is at stake and to call on Albany to deliver additional revenue."

Matt Van Swol said what everyone was thinking when they heard the news: "Everyone saw this coming ... every single person. Money has to come from somewhere and businesses and the wealthy will always go to where taxation is lower and incentives are higher."

"If you want more income, make your state more friendly to those groups, don't demonize them," he added.

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Mamdani’s ‘tax the rich’ stunt backfires as billionaires push back



New York City Democrat mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest political stunt has wealthy investors signaling they may rethink their commitments to the once-flourishing city — just as BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales predicted.

“They’re not going to just sit there and take it. They’re going to do something about that. What do you think these millionaires that don’t even live there full-time are going to do?” she asks, showing a video Mamdani released revealing his plans for the rich.

“When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich. Well, today, we’re taxing the rich. I’m thrilled to announce we’ve secured a pied-a-terre tax, the first in New York’s history. This is an annual fee on luxury properties worth more than $5 million whose owners do not live full-time in the city,” Mamdani explained in a promotional video.


And they’re not happy — especially billionaire Ken Griffin.

Mamdani “doxxed” the CEO of Citadel in his video, pointing out the location of his apartment.

“I don’t think this should come as a shock to anyone. He wasn’t very happy about being name-checked in this little, you know, ad. And so, Ken Griffin now is pushing back after Mamdani featured ... his $238 million penthouse in the tax-the-rich video,” Gonzales explains, pointing out that in a letter to Citadel’s employees, the COO subtly hinted at a possible re-evaluation of its New York City investment.

“Because you see, as the story goes, he was planning on investing $6 billion into a development project. And now he’s like, ‘You know what? I don’t know if I want to do that. I don’t know if I want to continue investing my money in a city that just wants to tax me into oblivion,’” she continues.

“Who could have possibly predicted that that would be the final result of Zohran Mamdani just trying to get the rich to pay for all of his free stuff, which as we know isn’t even free? So, things are not going well on that front,” she adds.

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'You're a dead man!' Enraged family members explode at arrested male accused of fatally shooting boy, 15, at NYC playground



An enraged crowd of family members exploded with profanities and racial slurs at an arrested male accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy at a New York City playground earlier this month.

Police had to restrain relatives of victim Jaden Pierre while 18-year-old Zahir Davis was being walked out of the 113th Precinct on Saturday, WCBS-TV reported.

'Look at my face! I hope they f**k you up every f**kin' day!'

Davis was then taken to his arraignment in Queens criminal court where he was charged with second-degree murder, gang assault, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, the station said.

Davis' private attorney entered a not guilty plea, WCBS reported.

During his perp walk out of the precinct, the crowd didn't hold back their anger at Davis:

  • "You're a f**kin' piece of s**t!"
  • "You're a f**kin' bitch!"
  • "You're a dead man!"
  • "How dare you do that to my nephew!"
  • "Look at my face! I hope they f**k you up every f**kin' day!"

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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Saturday morning announced Davis' arrest — noting that Davis fled to Jamaica following the deadly April 16 shooting.

"NYPD detectives assigned to the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force have arrested Zahir Davis for the senseless murder of 15-year-old Jaden Pierre in a park in Queens last week," Tisch wrote on X. "Davis fled to Jamaica following the shooting and was arrested immediately when he landed back in NYC last night."

Officials told WCBS that while Pierre was being beaten, Davis allegedly pulled a handgun from his bag and shot Pierre in the chest.

The Queens District Attorney's Office added to the station that Davis flew to Jamaica the next day "to evade responsibility," and police urged Davis' family to have him fly back home.

Davis is due back in court Wednesday, WCBS reported, adding that he faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

Davis is a reputed gang member, WABC-TV reported, adding that detectives believe the shooting stemmed from previous fights between him and Pierre.

WABC also noted that detectives who reviewed cellphone video believe Davis may have been attempting to pistol-whip Pierre, but the gun went off.

The victim's older sister, 17-year-old Nellie Pierre, had harsh words for those recording video of the attack on her brother, telling the New York Daily News that "everyone there recording did nothing. They treated it all as entertainment. He was already beat up. He was helpless, and they shot him."

WABC also reported that Davis was separately charged with aggravated harassment and harassment for allegedly threatening to shoot his ex-girlfriend, the mother of his child, on April 12. That was just four days before the fatal shooting of Pierre.

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Mom of teen thug arrested after body-slamming, head-stomping much smaller girl says he's a 'humble,' 'quiet' Christian



The mother of a 14-year-old male who was arrested after being caught on a viral video body-slamming and head-stomping a much smaller girl on a Harlem street said her boy is a "humble," "quiet" Christian who “doesn’t provoke nobody,” the New York Post reported.

The attack against the 15-year-old victim took place on the corner of East 107th Street and 3rd Avenue in East Harlem around 3:30 p.m. Monday after she wouldn't give the boy her number, the Post said in a previous story.

'He don’t provoke nobody. But if you provoke him, he will lash out.'

The clip shows the considerably larger male standing in a crosswalk in front of his victim and warning that "I'll knock the s**t out of you right now."

Another male is heard off-camera encouraging the attacker: "Do it!"

When the girl attempts to cross the street, the attacker orders her, "Nah, you stand right here" as he points to the ground close to his feet.

The girl attempts to go around the attacker, but he puts his arm out and pushes her backward.

But the gutsy girl defiantly tells her attacker, "Get the f**k away from me, p***y!" and turns around and begins to walk away down a sidewalk.

Her attacker, who's wearing a mask over his mouth and nose, follows her, grabs her from behind, picks her up, and body-slams her into the sidewalk — and then stomps on her head while she's defenseless on the ground.

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The Post said the attacker was arrested, charged with assault, and appeared in Manhattan juvenile court Thursday afternoon, after which he was remanded into custody.

The victim's mother told the Post her daughter — a ninth-grade student-athlete at East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School — spent two days in a hospital and suffered a concussion, bleeding, potential brain injury, headaches, and an injured neck.

However, the attacker's mother — Selma Allen — claimed to the paper that the girl victim in the attack actually is the bully.

“He’s been complaining about her," she added to the Post. "I bring it to the principal’s attention, but he don’t address it. The way my son is being bullied, he doesn’t want to go to school.”

What's more, Allen told the Post after her son's court appearance that he's a "humble," "quiet" Christian who "doesn’t provoke nobody." She also told the paper that the girl shoved him just moments before the start of the video.

“It’s retaliation because she pushed him first,” Allen added to the Post, although the paper said she failed to "cough up additional footage she claimed she had of the victim pushing her son."

“He don’t provoke nobody," Allen also told the Post. "But if you provoke him, he will lash out.”

The attacker's mother also denied her son wanted the girl's phone number, the paper said, adding that the pair are friends who exchange messages on Instagram and WhatsApp.

The paper said the school didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

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