# NYPD denies plan to guard Mamdani’s wife in Syria, Lebanon 2026-08-13T07:14:30+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A controversy erupted after New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office said his wife Rama Duwaji would be accompanied by NYPD security on a trip to Syria and Lebanon, countries on the US 'Do Not Travel' list. The NYPD flatly denied the plan, saying it does not send officers to Level-4 advisory countries for discretionary personal travel, reports the New York Post and Fox News. Mamdani later called the claim a staff miscommunication. The mayor, who in 2020 posted calls to 'defund' and 'dismantle' the NYPD, faces criticism for asking the department he vilified to protect his family abroad. Detectives’ union president Scott Munro said officers are needed in the city, not on dangerous foreign travel. Mamdani is New York’s first South Asian and first naturalised immigrant mayor since the 1970s. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com Tags: mayor security, New York, NYPD, Syria travel, US politics, Zohran Mamdani Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/nypd-denies-plan-to-guard-mamdanis-wife-in-syria-lebanon/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/nypd-denies-plan-to-guard-mamdanis-wife-in-syria-lebanon/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.