Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first St. Patrick’s Day in City Hall may start with something more pointed than the usual breakfast-pageantry circuit: a lesson in Irish history from one of his closest labor allies.
After the mayor said Monday that he had “not thought a lot about” whether he supports Irish unity, Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen said he plans to raise the issue directly with Mamdani at Gracie Mansion’s annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast — and made clear he sees the question as part of a much older labor and political tradition in New York.
