New York officials were slammed as “DISGRAZIA,” while the one who dared to show up at the Columbus Day parade was met with boos, heckles and jeers along Fifth Avenue.
Assisted suicide legislation, abortion bills and attempting to force religious sisters to accept gender confused men at a women’s only facility are just some of the ways that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has stood against the Catholic faith with which she identifies.
As such, the governor’s attitude toward them and those of Italian heritage earned her an in kind welcome at the 82nd Annual Columbus Day Parade, where she was slammed as a “communist,” told she was “going to jail” and reminded how she allegedly hates “Italians and Catholics.”
Video captured by Fox News showed some hecklers standing outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral while further up Fifth Avenue signs were held denouncing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), promoting a website seeking to get the Islamunist fired.
BOOS ON FIFTH AVENUE: New York paradegoers voice their displeasure with Gov. Kathy Hochul during the city’s Columbus Day Parade, booing and flashing thumbs down as the Democratic governor marches through Manhattan.
Meanwhile, Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani is drawing criticism for skipping the annual celebration of Italian American heritage altogether.
Paradegoers can be seen holding “Fire Mamdani” signs and giving thumbs down, and can be heard booing and yelling, “You’re going to jail.”
The contrasting moments put both Democratic leaders under scrutiny as New Yorkers gathered to celebrate one of the city’s longstanding cultural traditions.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 12, 2026
In addition to the cold reception the governor received in Midtown Manhattan, a photo-op shared on social media further fueled disfavor as she stood alongside New York Attorney Letitia James (D) and others under the caption, “Viva Italia!”
“Italian Americans helped build New York, and their rich culture and traditions continue to shape the Empire State. Honored to celebrate with the community on Fifth Avenue today!” added Hochul as New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R) responded, “Why can’t you say Happy Columbus Day?? You are governor of the state with the largest Italian population in America. Pathetic!”
@GovKathyHochul Why can’t you say Happy Columbus Day?? You are governor of the state with the largest Italian population in America. Pathetic!
— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) October 12, 2026
The congresswoman, whose district includes Dyker Heights, where the Preserving Italian-American Heritage Coalition aims to erect a statue of Columbus, also said on X, “Hochul & Mamdani are pathetic!! New York has the largest Italian population in America and we have a Governor and a Mayor who can’t say ‘Happy Columbus Day!’ As the Italians say….DISGRAZIA!”
Hochul & Mamdani are pathetic!!
New York has the largest Italian population in America and we have a Governor and a Mayor who can’t say “Happy Columbus Day!”
As the Italians say….DISGRAZIA!
— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) October 12, 2026
Just as he’d broken decades of tradition in skipping the installation of Bishop Ronald Hicks as the new archbishop of the New York Archdiocese in February to attend an interfaith meeting, Columbus statue-cursing Mamdani snubbed Gotham’s Catholics again.
Rather than attend events throughout the boroughs over the holiday weekend, Hizzoner once more partook in a multi-faith event of community organizers while his X account marked Monday as the virtue signaling “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
Yesterday I joined faith leaders, congregants, and community organizers from @MetroIAF, whose decades of grassroots organizing have helped make the priorities of working New Yorkers a political reality.
We discussed the progress our administration has made on issues like public safety and homelessness — and how we can deepen our partnership to create lasting change.
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) October 12, 2026
Kuwiinguneewul! Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day to the Indigenous New Yorkers who continue to shape our city, sustain ancestral traditions, and carry forward generations of resilience. https://t.co/Y4KwwiF2zU
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) October 12, 2026
In addition to snowflake melting messages from President Donald Trump and Texas Rep. Brandon Gill (R), the chief executive’s official White House proclamation on Columbus Day stood in stark contrast to the woke leaders of his home state.
Noting the impact that the explorer had in setting the stage for America’s founding while also citing Columbus’ faith in proclaiming the land for “our Lord Jesus Christ,” the president went on to “reaffirm that Christopher Columbus is a legend whose vision, fortitude, and perseverance unleashed a dynamic of history that led to the creation of the greatest, freest, and most just Nation in history.”
Likewise, the Knights of Columbus, who featured prominently in Monday’s parade, remarked on X, “In an era of anti-Catholicism and anti-immigrant nativism, Blessed Michael McGivney chose the Catholic explorer Christopher Columbus as the Order’s namesake in 1882. In an essay in the September 2020 issue of Columbia, historian William J. Connell explains, ‘For [the Knights] and many others, Columbus was celebrated as a figure of civic unity and a symbol that immigrants, particularly Catholics, possessed a rightful share in American identity.'”
In an era of anti-Catholicism and anti-immigrant nativism, Blessed Michael McGivney chose the Catholic explorer Christopher Columbus as the Order’s namesake in 1882. In an essay in the September 2020 issue of Columbia, historian William J. Connell explains, “For [the Knights] and many others, Columbus was celebrated as a figure of civic unity and a symbol that immigrants, particularly Catholics, possessed a rightful share in American identity.”
Read more: https://t.co/ogEXUC8x3M
Featured: The Christopher Columbus Memorial by sculptor Lorado Taft stands outside Union Station in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Matthew Barrick)
— Knights of Columbus (@KofC) October 12, 2026
Supreme Officers of the Knights of Columbus and more than 200 Fourth Degree Knights from several jurisdictions marched in the 82nd annual Columbus Day parade in Manhattan today. Before the parade, Knights attended Mass celebrated by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop emeritus of New York, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Photos by Tamino Petelinšek.1. Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus march up Fifth Avenue in the 82nd annual Columbus Day parade in Manhattan today.
2. Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly greets Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop emeritus of New York, at the 82nd annual Columbus Day parade in Manhattan today.
3. Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly marches with Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus in the 82nd annual Columbus Day parade in Manhattan today.
4. Supreme Officers of the Knights of Columbus stand with Fourth Degree Knights in Manhattan’s Central Park after the 82nd annual Columbus Day parade today.
— Knights of Columbus (@KofC) October 12, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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