India, Aug. 1 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was reportedly not allowed to speak at the funeral of Army Sgt Angel Sarah Rampersad, one of three US service members killed in an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on a military base in Jordan earlier this month.

The funeral, held Friday at Calvary Assembly of God Church in Ozone Park, Queens, was attended by Mamdani, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and several other public officials.

According to reports by Fox News and the New York Post, the mayor had prepared remarks on an iPad but was never called upon to deliver them.

According to the New York Post, citing sources familiar with the funeral planning, Rampersad's family chose not to have Mamdani speak because they wanted t...