Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to dismiss criticism Monday about his no-show at Friday’s installation of Archbishop Ronald Hicks at St. Patrick’s Cathedral — stressing that he looked forward to meeting and working with the new leader of Catholics in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island.
Hicks, a Chicago native, officially assumed leadership from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, whose resignation was accepted last year upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, to become the 11th leader of New York’s Archdiocese in a ceremony attended by hundreds of Catholic faithful, clergy, and civic leaders.
