Mayor Mamdanis map of NYC immigrant neighborhoods sparks outrage for ignoring Little Italy: Terrible mistake

Fuhgeddaboudit!Mayor Zohran Mamdani caught some Italian heat Wednesday after releasing a map of the Big Apple’s ethnic enclaves that includes places like Little Palestine — but ignores historic Little Italy and other notable Irish and Jewish immigrant nabes.The map, titled “New York City Immigrant Enclaves,” highlights 30 areas across the five boroughs, ranging from Koreatown in Manhattan to Little Pakistan in Brooklyn and Little Yemen in The Bronx.But critics were quick to roast the socialist mayor for overlooking the city’s very own “original Little” — a nationally recognized historic district that brought you everything from meatballs to the mafia.“No italians.… Give me a break,” one observer fumed on X Wednesday.Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens) said snubbing Little Italy, which was established in the late 19th century, was a major flub.“They were able to get a Little Bhod-Tibet in there, but what about the original ‘Little neighborhood,’ Little Italy?” Ariola told The Post. “And what about areas like Woodlawn, in the Bronx, which are home to plenty of Irish immigrants? Do the Irish and Italians not count for the Mayor’s office?”Joseph Scelsa, founder of the Italian-American Museum on Mulberry Street, called the exclusion of Italian-American enclaves a “terrible mistake.” “To respect one is to respect all,” he said. “Italian-Americans are still a major population in New York City.

To not recognize where Italian-Americans came from and settled is a terrible mistake.I don’t understand why Little Italy isn’t included.

I hope it’s an oversight.”The map, which appears to have been released in May, also includes Little Guyana in Queens, Little Mexico in Staten Island and Little Dominican Republic in Manhattan.Kevin McCabe, a former City Council chief of staff, said the map shamefully leaves out generations of folks hailing from The Emerald Isle. “I guess they never heard of Woodlawn or Sunnyside but th...