New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing sharp backlash after publishing an official map of immigrant neighborhoods ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing sharp backlash after publishing an official map of immigrant neighborhoods across the five boroughs that completely omits Greeks, Italians, Irish, and Jewish communities, some of the most historically significant immigrant populations in the city's history. The map, titled "New York City Immigrant Enclaves," highlights 30 neighborhoods including Koreatown in Manhattan, Little Pakistan in Brooklyn, and Little Yemen in the Bronx. Astoria, Queens, home to one of the most prominent Greek communities in the United States, is entirely absent. City Councilmember David Carr, a Republican representing Mid-Island and South Brooklyn, called the omission a disgrace. Italians, Irish, and Jewish immigrants helped build the New York we know today, he said, and leaving out their neighborhoods is not just a mistake. Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella, who is Italian-American, said the exclusions appeared deliberate. He noted that Staten Island has the highest concentration of Italian-Americans in the United States, yet was largely ignored by the map. The Italian caucus of the City Council warned Mamdani that Italians must not become "a footnote in New York's history" and called on him to work with historians and community organizations before publishing materials like this. Borough Park in Brooklyn, one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities outside Israel, was also left off, drawing fierce criticism from Jewish leaders. City Hall responded by saying the map was designed to highlight neighborhoods with high foreign-born populations and was originally created under the Eric Adams administration as a tourist guide, not a complete ethnic census. They promised to expand the map with additional neighborhoods in the future. Critics say that explanation does not hold up given the scale of what was left out. #NYC #GreekDiaspora #Mamdani