Zohran Mamdani's views on public safety have come under scrutiny during his mayoral campaign. Mayor Eric Adams accuses him of inconsistency, questioning his motives for claiming to support public safety. Following a tragic shooting incident, Mamdani asserts that past comments advocating for police defunding do not reflect his current positions. He promotes the establishment of a Department of Community Safety to address mental health emergencies, advocating for a model that empowers police officers and integrates mental health professionals into crisis response.
You can't become pro-public safety when you decide to run for mayor. That just can't happen. Go look over my 30-year history, and you'll see the consistency on what I want in this city around safety.
I've said that since the beginning of the campaign, it is my belief, and whenever there have been tweets that have been cited from many years ago before I was an elected official, I've made very clear, as I said last week, that those are out of step with my positions as a candidate.
Forced overtime is a main contributor to officers leaving the NYPD, and I want to empower police officers to respond to serious crime and hire mental health professionals to respond to mental health calls.
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