Confusion as NYPD denies City Hall claim Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji will get police escort on Syria, Lebanon trip

The NYPD denied it’s sending any personnel to serve as security detail for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji during her upcoming Middle East trip – an awkward rejoinder to City Hall’s claim the department “strongly” recommended she be accompanied by New York City cops.

“The NYPD does not send officers to countries with level four travel advisories for discretionary reasons not linked to investigative work,” an NYPD spokesperson insisted early Tuesday.

Duwaji, 29, is visiting Lebanon and Syria — both on the State Department’s “Do Not Travel” list — starting Sept. 20.

“It’s not official business. It’s not doing anything for the city,” a source with knowledge of the trip told The Post. ---More...

NYPD has DENIED giving Ugandan Mayor Mamdani's wife a security detail when she visits Syria and Lebanon.

NO taxpayer-funded "escort" despite her asking for it!

Mamdani tried announcing she'd have a detail but never checked in with the NYPD commissioner.

Good!