Democratic socialist mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani was accused of Italian-American “hate” after he called to tear down Christopher Columbus statues. The Columbus Heritage Coalition — which includes 40 Italian-American groups — referenced a resurfaced 2020 Mamdani tweet showing him giving the middle finger to a Columbus statue in Astoria and declaring “take it down.” “By now it should be obvious to all people of good will that Italian-Americans have zero tolerance for hate,” Angelo Vivolo, president of the coalition said in the scathing statement obtained by The Post. “So why does the Democratic candidate for mayor hate us and our...