After facing backlash, Mayor Mamdani says he’s making changes to a map of New York City’s immigrant neighborhoods.
The map highlighted 30 areas across the five boroughs, including Koreatown, Little Pakistan and Little Yemen, but it notably left out Little Italy.
New Yorkers were not happy.
Mamdani says he’s making adjustments.
Ferrara Bakery in Manhattan’s Little Italy was opened in 1892 by Ernest Lepore’s family.
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Three Chinatowns, Little Bangladesh, Little Poland and more than 20 other vibrant immigrant communities across the five boroughs were highlighted.
However, in a town famous for being a melting pot, the map’s release led to swift backlash about the cultures that weren’t included.
Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella, an Italian American, says the problem wasn’t just the lack of Little Italy, but also the absence of any mention of Jewish Americans in Brooklyn, of Sri Lankans on Staten Island, and more.
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On Friday, Mayor Mamdani announced he would add Little Italy to the map, which he said was created in 2023.
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