Mamdani Apparently Snubbed In Awkward Scene After Not Being Called To Give Speech At Fallen Soldier’s Funeral

August 01, 2026 12:54 PM ET Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the funeral of a fallen Army sergeant with a prepared eulogy but was never called to speak, the New York Post reported Friday.Mamdani sat in the fourth row at the service for Army Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad at Calvary Assembly of God church in the Ozone Park section of Queens and reviewed his planned remarks on an iPad, sources told the Post. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and other officials took turns at the microphone, but the mayor’s name never came up.“They kept calling names and then he was never called,” a source who attended told the Post. The same source said Mamdani looked toward his staff and put the tablet away after his name went uncalled. (RELATED: Rahm Emanuel Say