But for Mayor Bill de Blasio and top city officials, terrorism was the word that could not be spoken on Sunday. City officials quickly tried to dissociate that explosion from any broad terrorism plot, instead labeling it the act of a hobbyist experimenting with fireworks. “I believe the mayor was saying there was no connection with international terrorism and that is correct,” Gov. "A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism,” Mr. Cuomo added. Mr. de Blasio applauded a woman who made her regular Sunday trip to church in Chelsea.

Source: New York Times September 19, 2016 00:27 UTC