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4 weeks agoZohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will confront the NYPD's expansive, post-9/11 mass surveillance apparatus while pursuing community-based public safety reforms.
Data obtained by amNewYork revealed that the attrition rate of officers, either retiring or leaving the department before reaching their 20-year mark, has skyrocketed. It showed that an average of 316 rank-and-file officers left the NYPD every month of this year and that the department has lost 5,248 individuals since January 2024, while only adding 4,244 new recruits over that same period.