Exclusive | Pole-dancing: Mamdani disses yet another NYC ethnic group

Add Polish Americans to the growing list of ethnic groups enraged by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.Hizzoner blew off an invitation to attend the Oct.4 Pulaski Day Parade, an annual celebration of Polska pride along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan — and then tried to rewrite history by lumping Polish Americans into an upcoming event celebrating the heritage of Eastern Europeans.Most Poles identify as Central European and strongly reject any “Eastern European” label — largely because of its historical connection with Soviet communism and the Warsaw Pact.

Adding insult to injury, the socialist mayor then ditched a fresh Gracie Mansion tradition launched by his predecessor Eric Adams — pulling the plug on the annual breakfast reception at Gracie Mansion honoring Polish heritage.Instead, the Mayor’s Office sent out invites last week for an Eastern European reception on Oct.22 at Gracie Mansion.“Polish Americans are one of the largest European ethnic communities in America.

Lumping Poles, Ukrainians, and Russians together shows shocking historical ignorance and disrespect,” raged Grzegorz Fryc, a longtime NYC Polish activist and business leader.“Mayor Mamdani couldn’t be bothered to attend the Pulaski Day Parade, and now his administration wants to replace the traditional Polish Heritage celebration at Gracie Mansion with some generic ‘Eastern European’ event,” he added.He ripped the city’s first Muslim mayor for the selective snubbing.

“Would City Hall combine Jewish and Palestinian heritage celebrations into one generic ‘Middle Eastern’ event? Of course not. This is another slap in the face to our community and an embarrassment for the mayor’s office.” The socialist mayor “needs to understand that he was elected to represent all New Yorkers, not just the communities he chooses to show up for,” said another top Polish community leader.“Mamdani’s blatant disrespect for European communities, especially Polish New Yorkers, is absolu...