Mamdani's public safety promises are slow going. His allies say that's the point.

""If you make massive wholesale changes and then there's some kind of statistics with crime that someone can point to and claim that there's a correlation, then you get set back," said Andrew Case, senior counsel at LatinoJustice, a civil rights group."

""If you make modest changes and show modest success, it builds strength, confidence and community support," Case said."

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made limited progress on his public safety reform agenda in New York City, with advocates expressing optimism despite his scaled-back promises. He initially pledged to ban the NYPD's Strategic Response Group, end the gang database, and create a billion-dollar community safety agency. However, he has moderated his stance on the SRG and remained silent on the gang database. Advocates believe that a gradual approach will foster community support and avoid backlash, learning from past reform setbacks during former Mayor de Blasio's tenure.

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