There stood Rudolph W. Giuliani, once the personification of the city’s response to 9/11 and now a peddler of right-wing conspiracy theories, who declared that the sitting mayor, Zohran Mamdani, should not attend the ceremony honoring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

All of the living former Presidents are stepping out to honor those who died on September 11, 2001. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George W. Bush, and Bill

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered different messages on Friday commemorating the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

In recent weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has visited firehouses around New York City as part of an effort to direct the public’s attention toward the victims, and away from himself.

The display brought 2,977 lights over New York harbor and the 9/11 memorial, one light for each person killed in the attacks.

Trump marked 9/11 at the Pentagon, while JD Vance joined former presidents in New York for the Ground Zero ceremony.

"And for the record I am a life long republican who has been very critical of these two. I’m just sick of this fake news and people just saying whatever they want." The post ‘Its Not True’: Ex-Giuliani Aide Demolishes Claim Mamdani And AOC Laughed During 9/11 Memorial first appeared on Mediaite.

The 9/11 memorial includes pieces from the World Trade Center itself. The rusted beams aim for the sky with the message below: "We shall never forget."

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, restaurants remain part of how New York remembers the day and what came after.

President Trump was at the Pentagon, and thousands gathered in New York City to remember and honor the lives lost 25 years ago in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.