NYC Mayor Omits Little Italy Jewish and Irish Neighborhoods from Official Immigrant Map

What was said

"This is not only Little Italy because we want it to be. It's because where the immigrants came to in the 1880s, 1890s, 1900. This was the largest Little Italy in the United States. And it's a national historic district. I don't understand why it was left off the map. I really don't. I feel like the older immigrant groups are being left out."

New York City Mayor Zora Mdani released an official map of the city's immigrant communities that includes 30 neighborhoods like Little Palestine and Little Egypt, but conspicuously omits Little Italy, Jewish neighborhoods, and Irish communities—three of the most historic ethnic enclaves dating back to the 1600s. Business owners in Little Italy expressed concern the omission would hurt tourism and erase their cultural legacy. Critics called the decision bigoted and accused the mayor of making a political statement about which immigrant communities matter.