Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city” status after his new chum President Trump threatened to cut federal funds — putting their bizarre bromance to the test.

“I will continue to make the case for New York City, and I think that’s been at the heart of every conversation that I’ve had with the president, whether it’s a local office or through a handful of texts and calls to the exchange,” Mamdani said during an unrelated event Wednesday at a Brooklyn child care center.

Trump said Tuesday that he would freeze federal funding to sanctuary cities and states — including New York — on Feb. 1, claiming they “do everything possible to protect criminals.”

“It breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come,” he said. “So, we’re not making any payment to anybody that supports sanctuary cities.”

https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-nyc-sanctuary-city-status-vows-to-fight-trump-funding-threat/