Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani announced he is backing out of a scheduled televised town hall hosted by ABC this week.

“And I am withdrawing, not as an indictment of the local affiliate or the hardworking journalists there, 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,” he said Monday.

This is in response to Jimmy Kimmel’s show being pulled from the air.

During a press conference, Mamdani went on to say that he is committed to taking on another town hall in the coming weeks.

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