Mayor Zohran Mamdani on March 17, 2026 compared the plight of the Irish to the "genocide" in Palestine -- as he used a St Patrick's Day commemoration to rip the "deafening silence from so many" in relation to the Israel-Hamas war. The Democratic socialist dropped the Gaza-related remarks as he hosted Ireland's former President Mary Robinson for a breakfast at Gracie Mansion to kickstart the Big Apple's annual St Patrick's Day celebrations.