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   https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-nyc-   
   sanctuary-city-status-vows-to-fight-trump-funding-threat/   
      
   Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city”   
   status after his new chum President Trump threatened to cut federal   
   funds — putting their bizarre bromance to the test.   
      
   “I will continue to make the case for New York City, and I think that’s   
   been at the heart of every conversation that I’ve had with the   
   president, whether it’s a local office or through a handful of texts and   
   calls to the exchange,” Mamdani said during an unrelated event Wednesday   
   at a Brooklyn child care center.   
      
   “It’s always about making the case for the city,” he told reporters.   
   “And when it comes to the threat to restrict federal funding to New York   
   City, I want to be very clear that our values in our laws are not   
   bargaining chips.”   
      
   Trump said Tuesday that he would freeze federal funding to sanctuary   
   cities and states — including New York — on Feb. 1, claiming they “do   
   everything possible to protect criminals.”   
      
   “It breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come,” he   
   said. “So, we’re not making any payment to anybody that supports   
   sanctuary cities.”   
      
   The standoff could test the unusual, apparently budding friendship   
   between the pro-immigrant Democratic socialist mayor and the right-wing   
   Republican president.   
      
   Mamdani, who as The Post reported this week remains chummy with Trump   
   and chats with him over text about twice a week, said he reached out to   
   the president about the latest funding threat.   
      
   “I reached out to President Trump to express my sharp opposition to this   
   decision and to make my values clear, and I will always continue to do   
   so, whether to the president or to all New Yorkers, to be honest about   
   where I actually stand,” he said when asked about the threat at an   
   unrelated news conference Tuesday night.   
      
   “I have yet to hear back from the president, and this is the position I   
   hold as the mayor of New York.”   
      
   Mamdani and the president are said to have started exchanging phone   
   missives  following an unexpectedly cordial White House meeting in   
   November.   
      
   Most observers expected that the two would exchange verbal barbs in what   
   was their first face-to-face meeting — but were shocked when the pair   
   emerged from a closed-door chat and appeared side-by-side in the Oval   
   Office, sharing handshakes and kind words.   
      
   “He’s different than your typical guy,” Trump said at the time, adding   
   that Mamdani “has a chance to really do something great for New York.”   
   As recently as Tuesday, sources told The Post that Mamdani and Trump   
   remain “friendly,” and check in with each other at least twice a week.   
      
   “It wouldn’t make practical, political sense for them to scream at each   
   other — in public or private,” one insider said. “Of course, they can’t   
   appear too cozy.   
      
   “Mamdani would be smart to kiss Trump’s ass,” they added. “Especially   
   when the federal government can withhold billions from the city.”   
      
   With that potential reality now looming, the tone could change.   
      
   Democrat-led New York City, Trump’s birthplace, has been a thorn in the   
   president’s side, with constant criticism of his immigration crackdown.   
      
   Cities and states with sanctuary policies typically refuse or limit   
   cooperation with federal immigration enforcement — which derails Trump’s   
   ongoing campaign to arrest and deport thousands of people living in the   
   US without legal authorization.   
      
   Earlier this week, a data analyst employed by the City Council was   
   detained by federal immigration agents during an appointment with   
   federal immigration officials on Long Island.   
      
   The incident involving the Venezuela native, Rafael Andres Rubio   
   Bohorquez, 53, sparked a firestorm from activists and local politicians,   
   including Mamdani, with City Council Speaker Julie Menin disputing the   
   feds’ claims that the staffer was an “illegal alien” with a criminal   
   record.   
      
   It underscores the lingering tension between City Hall and the White   
   House on the issue of immigration — which could heat up even more if   
   Trump follows through on his vow to cut funding.   
      
   Mamdani initially fired back online on Tuesday.   
      
   “Our values and our laws cannot be bargaining chips,” the lefty mayor   
   wrote on X. “I will always defend the city and every single person who   
   calls the city home, even in the face of threats from the federal   
   administration to withhold funds.”   
      
   The mayor then doubled down at the press briefing later that night and   
   told reporters he’d reached out to Trump to “express my sharp   
   opposition.”   
      
   But Trump appears to have left Hizzoner on read — as Mamdani said he’d   
   yet to hear back from the White House on Wednesday.   
      
   “We haven’t yet connected,” he said   
      
      
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