Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Sunday refused to disavow a sick tribute to fugitive cop-killer Assata Shakur by his own Democratic Socialist comrades — saying he doesn’t have time to worry about it.
The lefty Big Apple pol was grilled by The Post after a troubling tribute posted last week by the Democratic Socialists of America to Shakur, a k a Joanne Deborah Chesimard, who escaped from prison while serving a life sentence in the 1973 execution-style murder of a New Jersey state trooper and was hiding out in Cuba until her death last week.
“We vow to honor her legacy by recognizing our duty to fight for our freedom, to win, to love and protect one another because we have nothing to lose but our chains,” DSA said on X.
Mamdani ducked questions when asked about the sickening tribute.
“I am running to be the mayor of New York city,” he said. “I am running to represent the people of New York city. My focus is on the issues of the city and I’m accountable to those same New Yorkers.
“I am someone who is entire campaign has been about delivering an affordable city for the very New Yorkers who are being priced out of it and that’s my focus,” the candidate said. “My coalition is one that unites across the vast spread, all focusing on the agenda of affordability.”
Many others ripped the DSA shout-out, including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who called it “shameful and depraved.”
Shakur was involved in the cowardly May 2, 1973, murder of state Trooper Werner Foerster during a traffic stop.
Shakur was convicted on murder, robbery and other charges in 1977 and sentenced to life in prison — only to escape the Clinton Correctional Facility in Jersey in November 1979 and remain on the run for more than 45 years.
Her supporters long maintained she didn’t commit the crimes.
On Thursday, the 78-year-old fugitive died in the Cuban capital city of Havana.
Last week, the Chicago Teacher’s Union came under fire for praising the runaway cop killer — a move that enraged many.
“She was a terrorist and a murderer,” New York-based lawyer Andrew Laufer wrote on X. “And I’m saying this as a civil rights attorney.”
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