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New York City Democratic mayor nominee Zohran Mamdani said on Monday that social workers and other non-political professionals, such as Transit Ambassadors, should handle certain 911 calls to ease NYPD’s workload and improve officials’ retention.
A massive shooting took place in Manhattan on July 28, with Mandani’s stance on law enforcement and public safety taking center stage, killing four people, including police. In view of the tragic shooting, Mandani’s critics have begun slamming his past comments about refunds to police New York City.
Mamdani was again asked about his crime and public safety approach during a press conference with Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday when he came up with his own ideas.
“I say time and time again, every decision I make about the NYPD will be from public security We know that this kind of public safety is also made by listening to the officers themselves. ” Mandani said on Monday.
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Zohran Mamdani spoke during the June 24, 2025 Mayor debate in New York City, as his view on his policing is somewhat imminent. (Getty)
The self-proclaimed socialist candidate continues to cite “overtime,” a major reason for many New York City police decisions to leave their jobs, noting that NYPD officers receive about 200,000 emergency calls related to mental health crises each year.
“Every year we ask them to take on additional responsibilities – we make it increasingly difficult for them to deal with the responsibilities that make them work.” “New Yorkers are rightly concerned about public safety, and I want to empower police to deal with serious crimes and hire them Mental health professionals Respond to a mental health call. ”
Zohran Mamdani has been criticized for her public safety and crime proposals for being the mayor of the public safety and crime proposals. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
To further explain the issue, Mandani pointed to a hypothetical incident involving distressed tourists, believing that officials were forced to use resources to answer the calls, but that could end if the city was to hire a “transit ambassador.”
“We can expect that this is what we can expect. It’s not surprising. It’s a requirement for a lot of these officials,” Mandani told reporters.
“When we made sure that it wasn’t an officer who had to stand in the middle of Times Square subway station, the tourists’ questions were answered, namely what exits work, what escalators they could take, and acts with delays or no delays, but we actually had an ambassador for transit, but we actually had an officer who could focus on serious crimes and it started to reduce overtime.” This was Bauer’s overtime. ”
On August 4, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren attended Zohran Mamdani at Senator Elizabeth Warren in New York City. (Fox 5 New York)
at the same time, In the 2020 podcast, That same year, Mamdani posted his now-notorious social media post calling for a return to the New York Police Department (NYPD), and the mayor’s socialist candidate also suggested that police should not be the ones in response to domestic violence.
“If someone survives, experiences domestic violence – there are many different situations, and those different situations are handled by people who are trained to deal with these specific situations rather than guns, not people who are trained in general.”
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In response to Mamdani’s call for social workers, not police, to have 911 calls related to certain mental health crises, the current mayor Eric Adamshimself a former New York Police Department captain, called the idea “irresponsible” and “responsible.”
“So when you put civilians in a way that is harmful Domestic violence incidentsaccording to CBS News, Adams said in criticism of Mandani’s public safety platform.
Zohran Mamdani’s plan, called “irresponsible” and “responsible” plans by now New York City Mayor Eric Adams, replaces police with certain 911 calls. (Getty Image)
In Mamdani’s 17-page public safety plan, his race was released earlier this year Democratic New York City candidate, According to the New York Times, his disagreement with many of his main opponents was because he did not envision hiring more officers to join the army. Instead, under his plan, Mamdani will work to create a community security department that aims to expand mental health teams and other non-legal law enforcement officers that can respond to certain 911 calls.
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Mandani’s proposal also aims to eliminate the New York Police Department’s overtime budget and its task force, which handles the protests, The Times reported.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Released his public safety platform On Monday, calls for an increase of about 5,000 officers in the New York Police Force.
Cuomo, who became the Independence Party after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, also hopes to increase the salary of officers and increase the chances of retired officers to receive benefits and pensions.
