July 09, 2026 1:22 PM ET An Italian-American civil rights group accused New York City’s socialist mayor of “cultural erasure” after his office released an immigration map that omitted several well-known immigrant communities. Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s map of immigrant enclaves included places such as “Little Palestine” and “Little Bhod-Tibet,” but excluded communities long populated by the city’s historically significant Italian, Irish and Jewish populations, New York Post reported Wednesday. This apparent oversight sparked outrage from local Italian-Americans. (RELATED: City Officials Raise Somali Flag After Cancelling Independence Day Fireworks)“This is not a clerical error. This is cultural erasure,” Italian-American Civil Rights League (IACRL) president Mike Crisp