India, Jan. 11 -- New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned chants of "we support Hamas" after demonstrators were filmed shouting the slogan during a protest in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Queens.

Several unverified video from the protest widely circulating on social media showed demonstrators waving Palestinian flags while chanting in support of Hamas, which the US government designates as a terrorist organisation. HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the videos.

The footage has also triggered swift condemnation from political leaders at the city, state and federal levels in the United States.

Mamdani addressed the chants later the same day, stressing that support for terrorist organisations would not be...