WATCH: Mamdani Gifts Ceremonial 9/11 Pen to Lawyer Who Represented al-Qaeda Operative Tied to Pentagon Hijacker
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed 9/11 executive orders at City Hall on Friday and had Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch pass the ceremonial pen to Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem. Kassem is a CUNY law professor who once represented Ahmed al-Darbi, an al-Qaeda operative convicted in the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker and the brother-in-law of 9/11 Pentagon hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar. The event was