周五，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普威胁称，除非纽约市当局纠正地图中遗漏“小意大利”这一区域的错误，否则将暂停向该市提供数十亿美元的联邦资金。
US President Donald Trump threatened Friday to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding to New York City unless officials address the omission of Little Italy from a city map of immigrant neighborhoods.
特朗普在白宫举行的哥伦布日庆祝活动上说道：“纽约市官员最近发布了一张展示这座美国最大城市内各族群聚居区的地图。该地图标注了‘小塞内加尔’、‘小圭亚那’、‘小海地’以及‘小也门’，却唯独没有标注‘小意大利’——这对纽约市而言是不可接受的疏漏。”他还补充道：“我认为这是一件可耻的事。”
“New York City officials recently released a map showing ethnic communities in our nation’s largest city, and their map includes Little Senegal, Little Guyana, Little Haiti, Little Yemen, but it does not include a place called Little Italy, an unthinkable omission for New York City,” Trump said at a Columbus Day celebration at the White House. “I think it’s a disgrace,” he said.
“我们马上就会着手处理此事，否则就不会向他们提供那些他们总想着浪费掉的数十亿美元。”特朗普强调道。
“We are going to work on that immediately, or we’re not going to be sending them any of the billions and billions of dollars that they want to waste all the time,” he added.
“那些仇视我国的人企图抹去意大利裔美国人的存在。”他这样说道。
“Those who hate our country want to see the Italian American community erased,” Trump said.
这张地图是为迎接2026年国际足联世界杯而制作的旅游指南的一部分，上面标注了纽约市五个行政区内的30个移民聚居区。
The map, released as part of a tourism guide ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, highlighted 30 immigrant neighborhoods across New York City's five boroughs.
纽约市市长佐兰·马姆达尼曾在7月份表示，市政府会着手在地图上添加“小意大利”区域，并作出其他调整以体现这座城市的多元文化特征。
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in July that the city would add Little Italy to the map, and make further changes to reflect the city's diverse communities.
马姆达尼还解释称，该地图制作于2023年，其初衷并非要完整罗列纽约市内200多个族裔聚居区。
Mamdani said the map was created in 2023 and was not intended to be an exhaustive list of the more than 200 ethnic communities in the city.