Mikie Sherrill reminds Zohran Mamdani who actually hosts 2026 World Cup matches after mayor-elect's comments

New Jersey Gov-elect Mikie Sherrill wants to punctual New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wherever the 2026 FIFA World Cup is really being held.

Earlier this week, Mamdani said that helium was excited to big the planetary shot event.

"I’m truthful excited astir the information that we are going to beryllium hosting 8 games crossed the World Cup adjacent summer," Mamdani told CBS News.

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Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., delivers remarks astatine her predetermination nighttime ticker enactment astatine the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel connected Nov. 4, 2025 successful East Brunswick, New Jersey.  (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

While Mamdani can’t hold for the games, Sherrill told 1010 WINS who volition really beryllium dealing with the logistics and hosting responsibilities — New Jersey.

"With each owed respect to mayor-elect Mamdani, possibly helium doesn’t cognize wherever the games are gonna beryllium played due to the fact that that’s gonna beryllium successful New Jersey," she said.

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The big tract successful the tri-state country volition beryllium MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey successful June and July, which includes the World Cup Final.

New York City volition surely beryllium a hub for the games, though, considering however culturally immense the colonisation is. Mamdani adjacent said that helium vows to name a "World Cup czar" to negociate summons prices that proceed to soar for the games.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced caller enforcement orders Wednesday that could beryllium viewed arsenic a situation to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

But Sherrill volition surely beryllium circling the calendar dates erstwhile MetLife Stadium and bluish New Jersey volition beryllium connected afloat show during the tournament.

She besides mentioned that she would see a congestion pricing toll for New Yorkers who would usage 1 of the galore ways to get to New Jersey for the games.

"Possibly radical coming into our authorities from New York volition beryllium paying congestion fees truthful they tin spell bask the game," Sherrill said, referencing a akin terms New Jersey drivers indispensable wage beneath 60th thoroughfare during highest hours successful Manhattan.

"We look guardant to moving with New Jersey to person precise robust postulation absorption plans for those events," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said during a property league connected Thursday, via The New York Post.

(Left) Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 National Action Network Thanksgiving Feeding astatine National Action Network’s House of Justice successful New York City, New York, connected Nov. 27, 2025. (Right) Representative Mikie Sherrill, Democratic gubernatorial campaigner for New Jersey, speaks to members of the media extracurricular a polling determination astatine Hillside Elementary School successful Montclair, New Jersey, connected Nov. 4, 2025. Sherrill. (Udo Salters Photography/Getty Images;John Lamparski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The archetypal lucifer astatine MetLife Stadium volition beryllium held connected June 13, 2026 — a Group C lucifer betwixt Brazil and Morocco. The last lucifer volition beryllium held connected July 19, 2026.

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