The New York City Council is considering a bill that would make it easier to strip official press passes away from people who abuse them or use them for non-journalistic purposes."We are introducing a bill today, sponsored by Councilmember Banks that will make reforms to press credentials to solve the problem of the Luigi Mangione fangirl, if you will," City Council Speaker Julie Menin told FOX 5 New York's "Good Day New York" Thursday morning."These fangirls, who are not journalists, are showing up at the trial with press credentials that the City of New York is giving to them."A trio of Mangione supporters drew national attention in May after showing off their city-issued press passes to the New York Post outside the courthouse on the day of one of the assassin's hearings.MANHATTAN DA'S OFFICE SAYS LUIGI MANGIONE DEFENSE SPREAD FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT MURDER TRIAL MEDIA PLAN(L-R) Ashley Rojas and Abril Rios pose for a photo outside of New York State Supreme Court in New York City, NY, Tuesday, Aug.
11, 2026.The pair are among certain influencers who have been granted NYC press passes.
(John M.Taggart for Fox News Digital)"F--- Brian Thompson," one young woman, identified as Ashley Rojas, told the paper, referring to the UnitedHealthcare CEO Mangione killed in December 2024.
"That’s all I want to say.F--- Brian Thompson.
F--- his mom."Â Another, Lena Weissbrot, appeared to justify the assassination by claiming that Thompson "was responsible for more deaths than Usama bin Laden," the Al Qaeda leader and mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks.LUIGI MANGIONE JUDGE SAYS JURORS WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS AFTER THREATS AND HARASSMENT OF WITNESSESLuigi Mangione shouts while officers restrain him as he arrives for his extradition hearing at Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Dec.10, 2024.
(David Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital)New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani later told reporters that "those three individuals should not have received pres...