[NYP] What a cop out.
A seemingly red-faced Mayor Zohran Mamdani blamed a "miscommunication" Tuesday after an awkward public clash between City Hall and NYPD officials over whether the department would provide security for his wife Rama Duwaji’s upcoming Middle East trip.
The high-profile back-and-forth appeared to end when Hizzoner asserted that Duwaji would not receive a taxpayer-funded police escort on her jaunt to Syria and Lebanon next month — despite his own senior spokesperson claiming she would the day prior.
"There was a miscommunication. She has not yet taken that trip and when she takes that trip it will be without any NYPD detail," Mamdani told PIX11, when asked about The Post’s Monday report
A source familiar with the security detail said the first lady, whom the mayor has described as a "private person," requested the escort, and Mamdani’s office had confirmed she would be accompanied by city cops.
"Upon the strong recommendation of the NYPD, the first lady’s security detail will be joining her when she travels to visit family in Syria and Lebanon," Mamdani’s spokeswoman Dora Pekec said.
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