Andrew Cuomo had attacked Mamdani for this during last year's mayoral race, repeating the feds' terminology that Wahhaj was an "unindicted co-conspirator." As mayor, Michael Bloomberg once met with Wahhaj, and yet somehow that didn't disqualify him from attending any 9/11 ceremonies. Anyone who remembers the "Ground Zero mosque" non-controversy can figure out the playbook here. It was a straightforwardly xenophobic strategy that relied on the assumption that anything Muslim near Ground Zero would contaminate or desecrate it, and supposedly bring further harm to the families. Galante doesn't even know how many actual families support his cause; he just told the Post it might be around 300.