New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced he is pulling out of a town hall held by a local ABC station following the national network's decision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Mamdani said he canceled his appearance at the upcoming town hall after ABC pulled Kimmel's show off the air due to backlash over the host's comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

"I am withdrawing not as an indictment of the local affiliate or the hardworking journalists, but rather in response to the corporate leaders who have put their bottom line ahead of their responsibility in upholding the freedom of the press,“ Mamdani said in a statement.

Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, said he had been scheduled to attend a town hall this week organized by WA

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