Mamdani shows no respect for older New Yorkers who are killed — but he has plenty of sympathy for law breakers

Imagine serving your country, raising a beautiful family and beating cancer — only to die at the hands of a violent beast who had no business being in the United States in the first place.

Sadly, for the family of 83-year-old Air Force vet Richard Williams, they don’t have to imagine such a nightmare.

They’re living it.

Last week, Williams succumbed to injuries nine days after he was randomly shoved onto subway tracks by Bairon Hernandez, a scumbag illegal alien from Honduras.

Hernandez has been deported four times and has at least 15 criminal charges, according to DHS.

In that same attack at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station, the invader also pushed a 31-year-old, who thankfully survived.

Such a horrific death would elicit a response from our mayor, right?

Nah, Williams — a man of honor — doesn’t fit Zohran Mamdani’s agenda, which seeks to comfort the criminals and law breakers.

Mamdani is a man who regularly writes strongly worded tweets about his pet causes. He’s frequently cheered on Mahmoud Khalil, the anti-Israel activist whose existence in our city — never mind private dinner at Gracie mansion — still boggles the mind.

In the last week alone, he’s tweeted at length about two people who died in custody at Rikers.

The mayor mourned them, and promised justice.

“My thoughts are with their loved ones, who are now facing an unimaginable loss,” the mayor wrote of one.

Perhaps if Williams had a criminal record, his family could get some sympathy from Mamdani who, during his campaign, vowed to be a mayor for all New Yorkers. That promise was, of course, mere lip service to placate those accusing him of antisemitism.

Being a mayor for all would mean showing care for the most vulnerable New Yorkers: the elderly.

Maybe Mamdani’s voters who just moved here from Wisconsin would be surprised to learn that this is a place where people actually stay to grow old — whether they grew up in the city or choose to retire here.

People can ride the subways and walk for blocks and blocks to keep the old ticker and legs in good working order. There’s access to the best doctors and all kinds of culture. There’s no need to drive.

And that’s why we’re drawing more and more of the senior demo. Earlier this month, the New York Times reported a massive surge in retirees moving here. According to data, in 2023, 15,705 people ages 65 and up moved to New York City. It was a 40% jump from 2019.

Williams was one of those spry New Yorkers defying Father Time in the city. Having beaten prostate cancer, the Roosevelt Island resident had a new lease on life.

His devastated daughter Diane Williams has described how her father power-walked across the city, loved cooking and took college history classes.

On that fateful day, the veteran was out shopping, his other daughter, Debbie Williams, told The Post right after the attack.

“He’s fully independent. He battled cancer, he got through that. He was out shopping probably because he wanted to be entertained,” she said. “He was living his best life and then this had to happen.”

The grim and avoidable fate Williams suffered is chilling for all New Yorkers, but especially those of us who have elderly family members who live here. Such is the case for my family matriarchs, who call New York City home — making their daily rounds to shop and hosting regular family dinners.

But in the last few years, they’ve stopped taking the subway alone. They simply don’t feel safe.

Just after Williams’s assault, Diane said she had reached out to the governor, mayor, MTA, NYPD and the Manhattan DA, all to no avail.

“I’m not going to say, “Why didn’t you do anything?'” she explained to The Post. “I’m going to say, ‘What are you doing now? What are you doing to prevent this from happening to anyone else’s family or anyone else period?'”

It’s perhaps the most important question.

Maybe the family has received an answer by now, but the public has heard nothing from our leaders. And it’s infuriating.

Meanwhile, many of our pols are screaming about being able to protest synagogues and seeking to tax the rich and abolish ICE — even as allowing cooperation with the federal government could have saved Williams.

But they’d rather fight Trump’s domestic agenda than help keep good, law-abiding Americans safe.