NYC Mayor Candidate Mamdani Says He's 'Not Defunding the Police' [View all]
"Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist leading the race for New York mayor, tried to distance himself from past criticism of the NYPD, two days after a mass shooting at a midtown office building left five people dead, including a police officer.
Mamdani, speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday after returning from a 10-day trip to Uganda, described some past social media posts criticizing the New York Police Department as “out of step” with his current thinking.
“I’m not defunding the police,” Mamdani said. “I’m not running to defund the police.”
The attack, the deadliest mass shooting in the city in more than 25 years, horrified New Yorkers and reframed attention on Mamdani’s past statements about the police force, less than four months before he competes in the general election as the Democratic nominee."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/nyc-mayor-candidate-mamdani-says-he-s-not-defunding-the-police
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