NY Cardinal Timothy Dolan Reveals How He ‘Was Ticked Off’ By Mamdani, JD Vance’s ‘Scurrilous’ Suggestion

Newly-retired New York archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan weighed in on the impact decisions made by Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani had on local Catholics.

Dolan, who served as archbishop of New York from 2009 until the end of 2025, specifically referred to the avowed socialist mayor’s decisions to not invite the cardinal to his Jan. 1 inauguration and to skip the installation of Dolan’s successor, Archbishop Ronald Hicks. The cardinal also shared his thoughts on Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, during an “EWTN News In Depth” interview released Thursday.

“So far, we were ticked off that he didn’t— I was ticked off he didn’t invite me to his inauguration. Most of the time, the archbishop of New York, among other religious leaders, gets invited. I was ticked off that he didn’t have. … He had few, few, few, few, few Catholics on his transition team, okay?” Dolan told EWTN’s Mark Irons.

“And then I was really ticked off that he didn’t show up at the installation of my successor,” the cardinal emphasized.

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“That defied precedent, the mayor not showing up to the installation of the archbishop,” Irons noted.

The tradition of New York City mayors attending the installation of the leader of the Big Apple’s Catholic archdiocese dates back to 1939, according