Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that his federal security clearance remains pending but is moving forward as expected, as his administration coordinates with law enforcement following the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Brooklyn and his prosecution in Manhattan.
Mamdani was among several New York politicians who condemned the Trump administration’s unilateral decision to bomb Venezuela and apprehend Maduro and his wife, Cilia Florest, on a criminal indictment. Over the weekend, the new mayor described the operation as a “blatant pursuit of regime change,” calling it “an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”
