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Wall Street bigwigs Dimon, Solomon fail to stand up to Mamdani’s madness — as NYC mayor’s ‘apology tour’ flops

Nypost · · 735 words · By Charles Gasparino
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Wall Street bigwigs Dimon, Solomon fail to stand up to Mamdani’s madness — as NYC mayor’s ‘apology tour’ flops See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Wall Street bigwigs Dimon, Solomon fail to stand up to Mamdani’s madness — as NYC mayor’s ‘apology tour’ flops See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleZohran Mamdani’s “apology tour” to quell the business community’s outrage over his bizarre social media posting targeting fellow business leader Ken Griffin didn’t include much apologizing, The Post has learned.

Common ground

In fact, Griffin’s name and Mamdani’s “creepy” stunt — where he stood outside the Citadel chief’s penthouse to brag about taxing the rich — never came up in the confabs Monday with two of the biggest CEOs on Mamdani’s agenda, Jamie Dimon, the chief of mega…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The highly anticipated meetings were set up last month by Mamdani’s staff after the business advocacy group, the Partnership for New York City, explained that his social media spot about Griffin wasn’t sitting well”
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While sources confirm the meetings took place and that there was backlash over the Griffin video, the specific detail that the 'Partnership for New York City' arranged them is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
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web search NEUTRAL — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has angered some corporate executives with his tax policies, has had a recent series of meetings with top business leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregion/mamdani-dimon-so…
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web search NEUTRAL — Many New Yorkers and moderate Democratic politicians have expressed concern over Mamdani’s win over former governor Andrew Cuomo in the 24 June primary for the Democratic nomination. Among those to en…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/trump-zohran…
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Claim 2: “Dimon even gave Mamdani a book about economic development”
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The provided evidence confirms the meeting took place, but does not mention Jamie Dimon giving Mamdani a book on economic development.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
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web search NEUTRAL — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has angered some corporate executives with his tax policies, has had a recent series of meetings with top business leaders.Jamie Dimon, left, and David Solomon, right, met wi…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregion/mamdani-dimon-so…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani meets Jamie Dimon as Wall Street outreach intensifies amid tax backlash. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expanding outreach to major financial executives after facing backlash over propo…
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mamdani-jamie-dimon-wal…
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Claim 3: “Griffin... minced few words in explaining the threat of Mamdani at the Milken Institute conference a couple of weeks ago”
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AOL reports that Ken Griffin spoke about the mayor's actions during a Milken Conference interview with CNBC, stating the need to 'double down' on Miami.
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Claim 4: “he stood outside the Citadel chief’s penthouse to brag about taxing the rich”
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Three independent web results explicitly state that Mamdani filmed a video outside Ken Griffin's $238 million penthouse to promote a 'pied-à-terre' tax.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani specifically called out billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin, whose $238 million penthouse served as the backdrop for the mayor’s video.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mamdani-filmed-pied-terr…
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web search NEUTRAL — When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a social media video on Tax Day filmed from outside Griffin’s $238 million penthouse at 220 Central Park South — using the Citadel CEO as a prop to promo…
https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/ken-griffin-zohran-mamdani-vi…
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web search NEUTRAL — NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he attempted to meet with Citadel CEO Ken Griffin after the billionaire criticized his viral tax video targeting Griffin's $238 million penthouse.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-s…
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Claim 5: “Griffin will double-down on an expansion not in New York, but Miami”
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Claim 6: “confabs Monday with two of the biggest CEOs on Mamdani’s agenda, Jamie Dimon, the chief of mega bank JP Morgan and David Solomon, the CEO of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs”
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Multiple sources, including The New York Times and Fox Business, confirm that Mamdani met with Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan) and David Solomon (Goldman Sachs) on a Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday as part of an engagement campaign.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/jpmorgan-and-goldm…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jamie Dimon, left, and David Solomon, right, met with Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday. Al Drago for The New York Times.Afterward, Mr. Mamdani met with David M. Solomon, the chief executive of Goldman S…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregion/mamdani-dimon-so…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon amid concerns over taxes and New York’s business climate.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mamdani-jamie-dimon-wal…
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Claim 7: “Solomon... invited the smiling Marxist to Goldman Sachs’ elegant West Side headquarters”
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The New York Times reports that Mamdani met with David Solomon at Gracie Mansion, and Bloomberg confirms he was set to hold individual meetings with Solomon. While the specific 'invitation to headquarters' is less explicit, the meeting itself is corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
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web search NEUTRAL — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has angered some corporate executives with his tax policies, has had a recent series of meetings with top business leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregion/mamdani-dimon-so…
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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Mamdani was set to hold individual meetings with Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO David Solomon, as New York City’s democratic soci…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-18/dimon-sol…
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Claim 8: “Ken Griffin’s name didn’t need to come up [during the meeting with David Solomon]”
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The provided evidence confirms the meeting occurred, but does not provide details on whether Ken Griffin's name was mentioned during the discussion with David Solomon.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
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web search NEUTRAL — Bill O'Reilly on the latest feud in President Trump's life, this time with Democratic Socialist and NYC mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.Subscribe to never mis...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUWWJ8pfYsA
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web search NEUTRAL — R: Zohran Mamdani, L: Ken Griffin."What the mayor of New York has made clear to my partners, and principally my New York partners, is that we need to double down on our bet in Miami," Griffin said dur…
https://www.aol.com/finance/while-fears-york-wealth-exodus-1…
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Claim 9: “Zohran Mamdani’s “apology tour” to quell the business community’s outrage over his bizarre social media posting targeting fellow business leader Ken Griffin didn’t include much apologizing”
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Multiple sources (Fox Business, Washington Post, and others) confirm that Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced backlash for a video targeting Ken Griffin and subsequently sought meetings with business leaders to address the situation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026.Mayor-elect and transition. Mamdani's meeting with president Donald Trump at the Wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
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web search NEUTRAL — Social Media. Gadgets. Business Tech.NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he's tried to meet with billionaire CEO after 'Tax the Rich' video backlash. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said the 'frightening' video rea…
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced criticism from The Washington Post editorial board over a video of him targeting billionaire Ken Griffin's home, the Post called it an attack on success.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/zohran-mamdani-faces-backlash-…
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Claim 10: “Griffin’s name “never came up” during the “friendly and constructive” sit-down [with Jamie Dimon]”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'ken' and unrelated flight information; there is no factual evidence regarding the content of the conversation between Mamdani and Dimon.
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web search NEUTRAL — Look up kén, kěn, kèn, or -ken in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken
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web search NEUTRAL — Ken appeared on the English horizon in the 16th century referring to the distance bounding the range of ordinary vision at sea (about 20 miles), and would thus have been familiar to skippers in partic…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ken
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web search NEUTRAL — May 7, 2026 · Get on board with Kenmore Air and fly with the top-rated and trusted seaplane company in the region.
https://kenmoreair.com/
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Claim 11: “our mayor was, after all, a rapper before jumping into left-wing politics”
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No evidence was found in the search results to support the claim that Zohran Mamdani was a rapper before entering politics.
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.