Via Capital NY:
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press office announced this morning a dinner he is hosting at Gracie Mansion tonight for Muslims will be closed press, despite initially being listed as open.
The Ramadan Iftar dinner, according to de Blasio spokesman Phil Walzak, “was always designed to be closed but was erroneously listed as open” on the mayor’s schedule last night “due to an internal miscommunication.”
Walzak also said, “Tonight’s event is closed press because it is a sit-down dinner and there also is a praying portion. Last year and the year before this event was closed press — it historically has always been closed.” [...]
Of the guests, Walzak said, “There are 150 attending tonight, many of whom have been fasting. This includes religious leaders, community leaders, elected officials, and members of Administration.”