New York City mayor Bill de Blasio was greeted with boos at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday - just weeks after being heckled at another Central Park concert
The crowd at the 24-hour Global Citizen Live broadcast event was set on showing de Blasio that he was not welcomed at the event, which had celebrities such as Harry and Meghan, J-Lo, Coldplay and Lizzo in attendance.
A little over a month ago, de Blasio sparked the same reaction from attendees who were celebrating the city coming back to life after the pandemic at the Homecoming Concert in Central Park.
The Homecoming concert was dramatically cancelled half way through, and revelers were told to leave Central Park immediately and seek shelter as Hurricane Henri barreled down on the city.
De Blasio and NYC officials had ignored a tropical storm watch for the Big Apple ahead of the concert.
And despite blazing sunshine on Saturday for the Global Citizen concert, the crowd were just as unforgiving of the mayor.
In contrast, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was cheered by an enthusiastic crowd as he talked about laws congress could work on to fight climate change.
Mayor Bill de Blasio was welcomed with jeers at the the Global Citizen Live broadcast event on Saturday
De Blasio chose to ignore the backlash and gave props to the event on Twitter
De Blasio chose to ignore the backlash and gave props to the event on Twitter.
'@GlblCtzn unites the world around the common purpose of giving voice to every citizen and leaving a better planet behind for our children. Honored to join them tonight. #GlobalCitizenLive,' the mayor wrote.
However, people didn't let him forget that he wasn't warmly welcomed at the festival in the reactions.
He also received criticism for his appearances at the star-studded event and at the World Trade Center Observatory with Meghan and Harry, while only reluctantly agreeing to visit crisis-hit Rikers Island prison.
It is the first time since 2017 that de Blasio will visit the under-staffed, over-crowded jail, where 11 people have died the last year, inmates reportedly use communal bags as a toilets and are denied meals, medication, and transportation to court.
One user wrote: 'You can make appearances with Harry & Megan, go to concerts like this….but no time to address the mounting deaths and dysfunction at Rikers until
