Mamdani skips Israel Day Parade to instead talk about running for re-election — just 5 months into NYC mayoral tenure

Mayor Zohran Mamdani skipped Sunday’s unifying Israel Day Parade in the city he governs to instead spend part of his day touting his bid for re-election — in 2029.

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The controverial mayor said he loves being mayor so much that he wants to run again in three years to serve a total of eight years at the helm of City Hall.

“This is a job of a lifetime. I can’t imagine anything else I’d rather like,” Mamdani said on 1600 AM’s The Black Information Network.

Mamdani has been mayor for five months.

And he already has certainly stirred the pot.

On Sunday, Mamdani became the first mayor ever to snub the Israel Day Parade over his criticisms of the Jewish state.

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He also enraged Citadel financier Ken Griffin by appearing in a social-media video in front of Griffin’s residence to herald Albany’s approval of a pied-a-terre tax on luxury second homes. Griffin and other business executives said they shouldn’t be personally demonized.

Mamdani defended the tax on wealthy “non-residents” Sunday and said claims that rich New Yorkers and corporations would flee the city over paying higher taxes had not materialized in the past.

The mayor was partially successful in getting Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democratic-run legislature to support his agenda with a multibillion-dollar bailout for his left-wing agenda. Albany showered Mamdani with money to help launch his early childhood expansion and balance his budget.

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