Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed that his wife, Rama Duwaji, would not be taking a New York City Police Department security detail with her when she travels to Syria and Lebanon in September.

The possibility of New York City’s first lady getting a security detail for her travels on the taxpayers’ dime first caused a stir when a Mamdani spokesperson told the New York Post that “upon the strong recommendation of the NYPD, the First Lady’s security detail will be joining her when she travels to visit family in Syria and Lebanon.”