New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said Monday that he withdrew from a local ABC town hall in protest of the network's decision to suspend late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel .

Mamdani blasted the “cowardice” of the network’s parent company, Disney, in its decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air indefinitely in the wake of pressure from the Trump administration . The WABC town hall that Mamdani was set to participate in was scheduled for Thursday.

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. WATCH HERE

"It is not the government’s job to bully talk show hosts off of the air. It is not the government’s job to tell us what we can and cannot talk about," Mamdani said at a campaign event on Roosevelt Island in New York City, adding that the mes

See Full Page