{"id":103253,"date":"2026-01-03T05:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/new-york-mayor-bursts-into-tears-after-meeting-pakistani-woman\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T05:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:40:18","slug":"new-york-mayor-bursts-into-tears-after-meeting-pakistani-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/new-york-mayor-bursts-into-tears-after-meeting-pakistani-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mayor bursts into tears after meeting Pakistani woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-id=\"221fafe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<p><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mamdani met with 142 city residents to hear their concerns and suggestions for the city. Among them, a Pakistani woman named Samina approached him.<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"474ce0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<p>New York: Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected Mayor of New York and the youngest mayor in a century, was visibly moved during a meeting with citizens when he met a Pakistani woman who praised his approach and sincerity.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani met with 142 city residents to hear their concerns and suggestions for the city. Among them, a Pakistani woman named Samina approached him.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"THE MAYOR IS LISTENING\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xj89tYvwr6k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>She explained that her English is limited and had written down her message. Congratulating Mamdani, she said, \u201cIn a world where people are divided, you have brought kindness and unity to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curious about her background, Mamdani asked if she spoke Urdu. Samina confirmed, and while Mamdani admitted he cannot read Urdu, he said he can speak it.<\/p>\n<p>When she mentioned she was from Lahore, Mamdani responded warmly, noting that Lahore is a beautiful city and that he had visited it once.<\/p>\n<p>Samina also praised New York, saying, \u201cNew York is a beautiful city, the buildings are magnificent, but you have come and changed people\u2019s hearts. The truth in your eyes cannot be hidden.\u201d Mamdani was visibly touched by her words.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani took office recently, swearing in at City Hall with his hands on the Quran, pledging to serve all New Yorkers without discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>In his inaugural speech, he emphasized that his administration marks a new era and reaffirmed his commitment to stand for the protection and welfare of every citizen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamdani met with 142 city residents to hear their concerns and suggestions for the city. 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New York: Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected Mayor of New York and the youngest mayor in a century, was visibly moved during a meeting with citizens when he met a Pakistani [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mayor.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}