New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking heat over an eyebrow-raising moment at City Hall after a ceremonial pen used to sign executive orders honoring September 11 was handed to his chief counsel — an attorney whose past clients include a convicted al-Qaeda-linked detainee with a family connection to one of the 9/11 hijackers.
The controversy unfolded September 4 as Mamdani gathered city officials to announce two executive actions connected to the anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil.
But it was what happened after the documents were signed that quickly became the focus.
